Heidi Crumpler Philip Grossman () (Department of Economics, St. Cloud State University)
Abstract
This paper reports the results of an experimental test of the warm glow hypothesis. A participant is presented with the opportunity to contribute from her own endowment to a charity of choice. The experiment is designed so that a pure altruist has no incentive to donate. The amount the designated charity will receive is preset; any contribution by the participant crowds out dollar-for-dollar giving by the proctor. We find that participants, on average, donated 20 percent of their endowments and that approximately 57 percent of the participants made a donation.
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Paper provided by Saint Cloud State University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number
2008-02 Classification-H4, D64, C72, C91.