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Who Gives? On Empathy and Impulsiveness
We investigate the impact of empathy and impulsiveness on charitable giving using a real donation experiment. We confirm that greater empathy predicts greater charitable giving. Contrary to recent literature, however, we find a significant negative relationship between impulsiveness and donation behavior. Specifically, when financial resources are scarce, donations are more often made by decision-makers who are able to suppress an intuitively egoistic response.
- Language
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Englisch
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Empathy
Impulsiveness
Charitable Giving
Donation
Pro-Social Behavior
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Andreoni, James
Koessler, Ann-Kathrin
Serra-Garcia, Marta
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
- (where)
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Kiel, Hamburg
- (when)
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2017
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Associated
- Andreoni, James
- Koessler, Ann-Kathrin
- Serra-Garcia, Marta
- ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Time of origin
- 2017
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