Donations are important for the long-term survival of many institutions. However, it is still uncertain exactly why it is that people choose to donate. Behavioral economics combines economics with psychology to better understand how humans make choices in markets. This research project focuses on the psychology of charitable giving, nudges, and the impact of natural resource rents on charitable giving. Without understanding individuals, it is impossible to understand why they donate. Nudges seek to take what has been learned about individuals to manipulate them into behaving the way policy makers desire. Natural resource rents are another facet to consider in determining how people behave. The main question of this research paper is if char...
The critical research question pondered in this paper is whether donation intentions can be predicte...
This thesis is a contribution to the field of psychology and economics. The two central themes are g...
Many forms of tax incentive for philanthropy share a common goal: to increase the size and frequency...
In naturally occurring environments, altruism is a widespread phenomenon. People often decide to sac...
A large part of the total charitable giving (approximately 70%) in the United States come from indiv...
Hundreds of billions of dollars are donated to charity by individuals each year. Despite this, relat...
Humans are known for their extensive prosocial behavior. An example of such behavior is philanthropi...
1. Introduction The terms "behavioral nudges" and "charitable giving" are related and refer to the ...
Charitable contributions made by individuals constitute one of the principal sources of finance for ...
Although the non-profit sector is now the third largest sector of the global economy, relatively lit...
Abstract The authors present an overview of the academic literature on charitable giving based on a ...
The study is motivated by a growing body of literature showing that donations in developing countrie...
In this dissertation we add two new experimental studies to the growing catalog of non-economic fact...
There is an extraordinary amount of money available. The lack is of good ideas on how to get the bas...
The market for philanthropic donations in America has been thriving since the 1950s. 89 percent of U...
The critical research question pondered in this paper is whether donation intentions can be predicte...
This thesis is a contribution to the field of psychology and economics. The two central themes are g...
Many forms of tax incentive for philanthropy share a common goal: to increase the size and frequency...
In naturally occurring environments, altruism is a widespread phenomenon. People often decide to sac...
A large part of the total charitable giving (approximately 70%) in the United States come from indiv...
Hundreds of billions of dollars are donated to charity by individuals each year. Despite this, relat...
Humans are known for their extensive prosocial behavior. An example of such behavior is philanthropi...
1. Introduction The terms "behavioral nudges" and "charitable giving" are related and refer to the ...
Charitable contributions made by individuals constitute one of the principal sources of finance for ...
Although the non-profit sector is now the third largest sector of the global economy, relatively lit...
Abstract The authors present an overview of the academic literature on charitable giving based on a ...
The study is motivated by a growing body of literature showing that donations in developing countrie...
In this dissertation we add two new experimental studies to the growing catalog of non-economic fact...
There is an extraordinary amount of money available. The lack is of good ideas on how to get the bas...
The market for philanthropic donations in America has been thriving since the 1950s. 89 percent of U...
The critical research question pondered in this paper is whether donation intentions can be predicte...
This thesis is a contribution to the field of psychology and economics. The two central themes are g...
Many forms of tax incentive for philanthropy share a common goal: to increase the size and frequency...