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  1. An experiment on donations, personal stories, and bad luck
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  [Bar Ilan University, Department of Economics], [Ramat-Gan, Israel]

    We conducted two fundraising experiments to study the effects (1) of compassion towards the beneficiary, and (2) of giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to luck. We find that exposing the participants to a plea to help the... more

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    We conducted two fundraising experiments to study the effects (1) of compassion towards the beneficiary, and (2) of giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to luck. We find that exposing the participants to a plea to help the beneficiary increases the average donation. Giving participants an opportunity to attribute small donations to luck decreases the average donation. We find that in our setting, the latter effect dominates.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10419/279449
    Edition: Last revision: February 23, 2023
    Series: [Working papers] / [Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics] ; 2023, 01
    Subjects: Charity; Donations; Experiment; Fundraising; Expressive Behavior; lottery
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 34 Seiten), Illustrationen