Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30078 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 2008,02
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Marburg
Abstract: 
We conduct a field experiment on direct and indirect transfer mechanisms. It shows that people are willing to donate significantly more if the donation is indirect, i.e., it is tied to the purchase of a good with a price premium, rather than made directly. This points to an efficiencyeffectiveness tradeoff even though indirect donations are less efficient than direct donations, they are more effective in mobilizing resources. Our findings hold for Fair Trade coffee as well as for normal coffee. However, the strength of the efficiencyeffectiveness tradeoff is higher in the case of Fair Trade.
Subjects: 
Tied transfers
donations
charity
efficiency versus effectiveness
fair trade
JEL: 
C93
D63
D64
H21
H41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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