The authors present an overview of the academic literature on charitable giving based on a
literature review of more than 500 articles. They structure their review around the central …

Philanthropy is one of the enduring areas of economic research. Why would people work
hard only to give their earnings away? The paper explores the theoretical foundations, as …

The purpose of this study is to integrate the theoretical base of green purchasing by using
the signaling theory approach to green marketing. Since previous studies do not combine …

Based on panel data of listed companies in China from 2006 to 2020, this study takes the
establishment of automatic air quality monitoring stations as a quasi-natural experiment and …

If people enjoy giving, then why do they avoid fund-raisers? Partnering with the Salvation
Army at Christmastime, we conducted a randomized field experiment placing bell ringers at …

We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual
altruism and greed with concerns for social reputation or self-respect. Rewards or …

Contingent valuation surveys in which respondents state their willingness to pay (WTP) for
public goods are coming into use in cost-benefit analyses and in litigation over …

We study gender differences in altruism by examining a modified dictator game with varying
incomes and prices. Our results indicate that the question “which is the fair sex?” has a …

Three experimental studies examined the relationship between altruistic behavior and the
emergence of status hierarchies within groups. In each study, group members were …

Experiments on privately provided public goods generally find that subjects are far more
cooperative than predicted, while experiments on oligopolies and the commons almost …