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”.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5952

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
altruism

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Scharf, Kimberley Ann
Smith, Sarah
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2016

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

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

Entstanden

  • 2016

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