Charitable Giving

The Charitable Giving research group aims to determine why we give to charity, and how solicitation strategies influence donations to organizations.

Representative Publications

MarĂ­a P. Recalde, Arno Riedl, Lise Vesterlund, Error-prone inference from response time: The case of intuitive generosity in public-good games, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 160, 2018, Pages 132-147, ISSN 0047-2727, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.02.010.

Menietti, M., Recalde, M.P., Vesterlund, L. 2018. "Charitable Giving in the Laboratory: Advantages of the Piecewise Linear Public Goods Game", The Economics of Philanthropy: Donations and Fundraising, Kimberley Scharf, Mirco Tonin

Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark, Lise Vesterlund, and Huan Xie. 2017. "Why Do People Give? Testing Pure and Impure Altruism." American Economic Review, 107 (11): 3617-33.

Anat Bracha, Lise Vesterlund, Mixed signals: Charity reporting when donations signal generosity and income, Games and Economic Behavior, Volume 104, 2017, Pages 24-42, ISSN 0899-8256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2017.03.001

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