Arbeitspapier
Relational Altruism and Giving in Social Groups
Much fundraising is done by individuals within existing social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we demonstrate (i) a positive relationship between social group size and the number of donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the size of individual donations; (iii) no clear relationship between group size and the total amount raised. Free riding with respect to the activity being funded cannot explain the relationship between group size and donation size, 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 altruism”.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5952
- 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
altruism
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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
- (wann)
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Scharf, Kimberley Ann
- Smith, Sarah
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2016