Author
Eckel, C., Güney, Begüm, Uler, N.
Publication Date
2020-08
Publication Place
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Elsevier
Subject
Charitable giving, Independent fundraising, Simultaneous solicitation, Information, Laboratory experiment
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0014-2921
Record ID
79f1ca0c-d3d4-4e6b-90d7-bccb5649db7f
Library Location
Economics
Date
2020-08
Notes
Ozyegin University ; University of Maryland
Sample Text
We use "real donation" laboratory experiments to compare independent fundraising, where donation requests from different charities arrive sequentially to potential donors, with coordinated fundraising, where donation requests from different charities arrive simultaneously. We find that coordinated fundraising generates significantly larger total donations compared to independent fundraising. We show that the order of requests affects the level of donations only in independent fundraising; in particular, participants donate larger amounts to charities whose requests arrive earlier. We then test whether these differences might be explained by the informational asymmetry between these two fundraising mechanisms by varying the information received by the subjects.
DOI
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103476
Cilt
127
