Arbeitspapier
Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups
We study charitable giving within social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we establish three key relationships between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the amount given by each donor; (iii) no relationship between group size and the total amount raised by the fundraiser. We rule out classic free-riding to explain these relationships since the number of social group members is only a subset of total contributors. Instead, the findings are consistent with the notion that giving in social groups is motivated by relational warm glow.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4879
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
- Thema
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online giving
fundraising
social groups
donations
charity
warm glow
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Scharf, Kimberley Ann
Smith, Sarah
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Scharf, Kimberley Ann
- Smith, Sarah
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2014