Small is beautiful—Experimental evidence of donors’ preferences for charities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.04.011
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- Borgloh, Sarah & Dannenberg, Astrid & Aretz, Bodo, 2010. "Small is beautiful: Experimental evidence of donors' preferences for charities," ZEW Discussion Papers 10-052, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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Keywords
Charitable contributions; Information; Framed field experiment; Impact philanthropy; Fundraising;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
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