Decisions involving charitable giving often occur under the shadow of risk. A common
finding is that potential donors give less when there is greater risk that their donation will …

We study the behavioral impact of announcements about the duration of a policy and their
relationship with people's expectations in the context of the COVID-19 lockdowns. We …

There is an increasing pressure to give more wisely and effectively. There is, relatedly, an
increasing focus on charity performance metrics. Through a series of experiments, this paper …

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 …

We explore whether individuals, when acting as social planners, respect others' reference
points. We allow subjects to redistribute unequal, unearned initial endowments between two …

Some theories of conformity hold that social equilibrium either standardizes inferences or
promotes a shared understanding of conventions and norms among individuals with fixed …

Charities often advertise the cost of a given impact (eg, $5 provides a meal). Though often
intended to demonstrate cost-effectiveness, we find that donors also use the cost as a target …

Problem definition: Conventional wisdom often cautions charities against providing
volunteer opportunities to potential donors based on the assumption that volunteering …

We investigate whether the development of eating disorders, in the form of purging, is
influenced by peers' body size through interpersonal comparisons. Using detailed …

Despite well-meaning intentions, people rarely allocate their charitable donations in the
most cost-effective way possible. The manner in which cost-effectiveness information is …