Giving once, giving twice: A two-period field experiment on intertemporal crowding in charitable giving

Arbeitspapier

We study intertemporal crowding between two fundraising campaigns for the same charitable organization by manipulating donors’ beliefs about the likelihood of future campaigns in two subsequent field experiments. The data shows that initial giving is decreasing in the likelihood of a future campaign while subse-quent giving increases in initial giving. While this refutes the predictions of a simple expected utility model, the pattern is in line with a model that allows for (anticipated or unanticipated) habit formation provided that donations in the two periods are substitutes.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2017-305r2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Field Experiments ; Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
• Subject: Charitable giving ; field experiments ; intertemporal crowding

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Adena, Maja ; Huck, Steffen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/189966
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