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Developing Countries in Need: Which Characteristics Appeal Most to People when Donating Money?

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  • Paul Hansen
  • Nicole Kergozou
  • Stephen Knowles
  • Paul Thorsnes

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A discrete choice experiment was conducted to discover the relative importance of five characteristics of developing countries considered by people when choosing countries to donate money to. The experiment was administered via an online survey involving almost 700 university student participants (potential donors). The most important recipient country characteristic for participants on average is hunger and malnutrition, followed by child mortality, quality of infrastructure, income per capita, and, least importantly, ties to the donor's home country. A cluster analysis of participants' individual 'part worth utilities' representing the relative importance of the country characteristics reveals they are not strongly correlated with participants' demographic characteristics.

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  • Paul Hansen & Nicole Kergozou & Stephen Knowles & Paul Thorsnes, 2014. "Developing Countries in Need: Which Characteristics Appeal Most to People when Donating Money?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(11), pages 1494-1509, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:50:y:2014:i:11:p:1494-1509
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.925542
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    3. Simon Feeny & Paul Hansen & Stephen Knowles & Mark McGillivray & Franz Ombler, 2019. "Donor motives, public preferences and the allocation of UK foreign aid: a discrete choice experiment approach," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 155(3), pages 511-537, August.
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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