Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32613
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2009,102
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We conduct a natural field experiment on direct and indirect transfer mechanisms for small donations. Charitable contributions are significantly higher if made indirectly, i.e. if they are tied to the purchase of a good sold at a premium, than if they are made directly. Donations are signficantly higher under both transfer mechanisms if people are given a suggested reference donatio
Subjects: 
Tied versus untied transfers
charitable donations
charity
willingness to give
pro social behavior
JEL: 
D64
C93
H41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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