Replication data for: Why Do People Give? Testing Pure and Impure Altruism
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm; Lise Vesterlund; Huan Xie
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Project Description
Summary:
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Researchers measure crowd-out around one level of charity output to identify whether giving is motivated by altruism and/or warm-glow. However, crowd-out depends on output,
implying first that the power to reject pure altruism varies, and second that a single measurement of incomplete crowd-out can be rationalized by many different preferences. By
instead measuring crowd-out at different output levels, we allow both for identification and for a novel and direct test of impure altruism. Using a new experimental design, we
present the first empirical evidence that, consistent with impure altruism, crowd-out decreases with output.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D64 Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
L31 Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
D64 Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
L31 Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
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