Acts of prosociality, such as donating to charity, are often analysed in a similar way to acts of
conspicuous advertising; both involve costly signals revealing hidden qualities that increase …

We conduct a controlled field experiment in 52 communities in rural Bolivia to investigate the
effect that local authorities have on voluntary public good provision. In our study, community …

Fundraisers often start their campaigns by soliciting the wealthier, more recognized, and
respected individuals in a community. We examine whether the success of this solicitation …

Individuals who are concerned for a nonprofit's mission benefit from activities that increase
the nonprofit's output. As these benefits are enjoyed by anyone with similar concerns …

Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce concerns about
appearing greedy and crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the importance of such …

In conducting experiments, we hope to uncover causal evidence of behavioral regularities
that can inform theory, and effects that are predictive both of behavior in similar experimental …

Using a laboratory experiment, we present first evidence that social image concerns
causally reduce the take-up of an individually beneficial transfer. Our design manipulates …

Some economists argue that consumption of publicly visible goods is driven by social status.
Making a causal inference about this claim is difficult with observational data. We conduct an …

Conflicting arguments exist for whether charities should publicize or ask donors to publicize
their charitable contributions. The current research provides an initial examination of the …

We conduct a laboratory experiment to test how information about charities' qualities and its
public visibility affect giving. We first show theoretically that a perceived increase in charities' …