The most effective charities are hundreds of times more effective than typical charities, yet
few donors prioritize effectiveness. Why is that? How might we increase the effectiveness of …

When people donate, they rarely give to the charities that do the most good per dollar. Why
is this? One possibility is that they do not know how to give effectively. Another possibility is …

Parochial altruism refers to the propensity to direct prosocial behavior toward members of
one's own ingroup to a greater extent than toward those outside one's group. Both theory …

This study analyzes how a novel psychological factor—collective narcissism—affects giving
behavior to national and international charities during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found …

Despite the increased social significance currently attached to national identity, little is
known about how national group attachment may correlate with the decision to donate to …

We examine a phenomenon which includes people who have had transformative
experiences while abroad and traveling, and who have returned home to the United States …

Millions of charities compete for donations, yet no empirical study has examined patterns of
shared giving behavior across the nonprofit sector. To understand which types of charities …

The effective altruism movement argues that people wanting to do the most good they can
should donate to charities fighting poverty in poor countries overseas, rather than to charities …

The United Kingdom is generous toward charitable donations, and this commitment appears
robust against a background of economic uncertainty. While prior work has identified a clear …

This paper uses a field experiment to analyse the extent to which people are more inclined
to support a charity focused on people or causes in their own region, compared to regions in …