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Peer effects in charitable giving: Evidence from the (running) field
Smith, Sarah; Windmeijer, Frank; Wright, Edmund - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2013
There is a widespread belief that peer effects are important in charitable giving, but surprisingly little evidence on how donors respond to their peers in practice. Analysing a unique dataset of donations to online fundraising pages, we show that peer effects are positive and sizeable: a £10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261655
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Worth 1000 Words: The effect of social cues on a fundraising campaign in a government agency. A field experiment
Sanders, Michael; Reinstein, David - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2014
Giving has been shown by many studies to be a social phenomenon. However, while people may desire to conform to the donation of others, it is unclear how fundraisers should take advantage of this. In this paper we conduct a field experiment in a workplace, in which employees are sent prominent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261678
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A warm glow in the after life? The determinants of charitable bequests
Sanders, Michael; Smith, Sarah - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2014
Using a unique field experiment we show that prompts to leave money to charity during the will-making process substantially increase the probability of making a bequest. Asking if the donor wants to leave money to charity doubles the proportion making a bequest; adding emotional and social cues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261679
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Worth 1000 Words: The effect of social cues on a fundraising campaign in a government agency. A field experiment
Sanders, Michael; Reinstein, David - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2014
Giving has been shown by many studies to be a social phenomenon. However, while people may desire to conform to the donation of others, it is unclear how fundraisers should take advantage of this. In this paper we conduct a field experiment in a workplace, in which employees are sent prominent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198465
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Masked Heroes: endogenous anonymity in charitable giving
Peacey, Mike; Sanders, Michael - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2013
Previous work on anonymous donations has looked almost exclusively at exogenous anonymity. This study considers endogenous anonymity, approaching it from two angles. We present stylised facts of anonymous giving, drawn from large dataset of donations on be- half of runners in the London...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198467
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A warm glow in the after life? The determinants of charitable bequests
Sanders, Michael; Smith, Sarah - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2014
Using a unique field experiment we show that prompts to leave money to charity during the will-making process substantially increase the probability of making a bequest. Asking if the donor wants to leave money to charity doubles the proportion making a bequest; adding emotional and social cues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010789916
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The price elasticity of charitable giving: does the form of tax relief matter?
Scharf, Kim; Smith, Sarah - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2010
This paper uses a survey-based approach to test alternative methods of channeling tax relief to donors – as a tax rebate for the donor or as a matched payment to the receiving charity. On accounting grounds these two are equivalent but, in line with earlier experimental studies, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008782833
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Raising your sights: the impact of friendship networks on educational aspirations
Burgess, Simon; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2011
aspirations of young people from disadvantaged and middle income backgrounds. We evaluate whether such people who have friends … suggest that there are such effects. Individuals from low income families with friends from high income families are 15 … educational aspirations and expectations of middle income children. These effects are quantitatively and statistically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370148
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Peer effects in charitable giving: Evidence from the (running) field
Smith, Sarah; Windmeijer, Frank; Wright, Edmund - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2012
There is a widespread belief that peer effects are important in charitable giving, but surprisingly little evidence on how donors respond to their peers. We analyse a unique dataset of donations to online fundraising pages to provide evidence on the direction and magnitude of peer effects – we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261675
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Increasing charitable giving – what can we learn from economics?
Smith, Sarah - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2012
As part of its Big Society agenda, the current Government is keen to encourage a higher level of donations of money to charitable causes. It has highlighted new technologies, new social norms and tax incentives as potential mechanisms for raising giving. This article brings together recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261685