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