Why do individuals volunteer their time even when recipients receive far less value than the
donor's opportunity cost? Previous models of altruism that focus on the overall impact of a …

As fundamental conditions and subject attributes in lab and field are very different, insights
from existing meta-analyses performed on combined data from lab and field might …

In this article, we examine whether and how the institutional context matters when
understanding individuals' giving to philanthropic organizations. We posit that both the …

We examine the relationship between generosity in charitable dictator games (CDGs) and
public good games (PGGs). We construct a novel generalized game that subsumes both as …

How can governments persuade their citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? This ground-
breaking book builds on the idea of'light touch interventions' or'nudges' proposed in Richard …

Do time constraints impact charitable giving? This paper develops a simple model to show
how deadlines could affect the propensity to make a charitable donation. We then conduct …

In a world where everything seems to be measured in reference to money and economic
progress, the problem of poverty becomes an increasingly urgent concern. The experience …

Experiments indicate that adult role-modeling of giving has a causal effect on giving done by
children, but a previous investigation using data from a natural setting suggests zero causal …

Given the replacement of cash with cell phone payments, people who are asked to donate to
charity can easily promise a donation but delay the transfer until a later date. This may be a …

Busyness is one of the most common states of the modern consumer. Previous studies have
mainly distinguished busyness from the perspective of time pressure, but have not clearly …