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Using information markets in grantmaking. An assessment of the issues involved and an application to Italian banking foundations

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The likelihood of success of grantmaking on large scale projects depends in general on pieces of information widely dispersed and privately held by recipients, public agencies, nongovernmental organizations and other interested parties. In this paper we discuss how philanthropists could e§ectively make use of suitably designed information markets to help them gathering dispersed knowledge and beliefs on the potential for social impact of innovative projects on the one hand, and in supporting the deliberation process regarding the allocation of grants on the other one.

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  • Edoardo Gaffeo, 2013. "Using information markets in grantmaking. An assessment of the issues involved and an application to Italian banking foundations," DEM Discussion Papers 2013/08, Department of Economics and Management.
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    Keywords

    Philanthropy; Grantmaking deliberative process; Information markets; Italian banking foundations;
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    JEL classification:

    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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