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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4879

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Thema
online giving
fundraising
social groups
donations
charity
warm glow

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Scharf, Kimberley Ann
Smith, Sarah
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2014

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Scharf, Kimberley Ann
  • Smith, Sarah
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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