Replication data for: Announcements of Support and Public Good Provision

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Project Citation:

Kessler, Judd B. Replication data for: Announcements of Support and Public Good Provision. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112925V1

Project Description

Summary: Providing information about contributions to public goods is known to generate further contributions. However, it is often impossible to provide verifiable information on contributions. Through a large-scale field experiment and a series of laboratory experiments, I show that nonbinding announcements of support for a public good encourage others to contribute, even when actual contributions might not or cannot be made. Providing a way to easily announce support for a charity increases donations by $865 per workplace fundraising campaign (or 16 percent of average giving). I discuss implications for understanding prosocial behavior and for organizations aiming to increase contributions to public goods.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C93 Field Experiments
      D64 Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      H41 Public Goods
      L31 Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship

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