Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279449 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2023-01
Publisher: 
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Charity
Donations
Experiment
Fundraising
Expressive Behavior
lottery
JEL: 
C91
D64
D91
L31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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