Charity with choice

• Other Authors: Isaac, R. Mark, Norton, Doug
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.
• Series: Research in experimental economics ; v. 13
• Subjects: Fund raising.; Charities.; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.; Welfare economics.; Economic statistics.; Business & Economics > General.; Business & Economics > Nonprofit Organizations & Charities.; Social Science > General.

Four years ago Research in Experimental Economics published experimental evidence on fundraising and charitable contributions. This volume returns to the intrigue with philanthropy. Employing a mixture of laboratory and field experiments as well as theoretical research we present this new volume, &q...

Table of Contents:

• Experiments with public goods: from cooperation to formation / R. Mark Isaac and Douglas A. Norton
• Tacit coordination in contribution-based grouping with two endowment levels / Anna Gunnthorsdottir, Roumen Vragov and Jianfei Shen
• The efficiency-equality tradeoff in public sector charity provision / Daniel T. Hall
• Retained earnings maximizing nonprofit enterprises / Douglas A. Norton
• Endogenous production technology in a public goods enterprise / Douglas A. Norton and R. Mark Isaac
• What can social preferences tell us about charitable giving? : evidence on responses to price of giving, matching, and rebates / Linda Kamas and Anne Preston
• Charity auctions in the experimental lab / Jeffrey Carpenter, Jessica Holmes, Peter Hans Matthews.