Paying the price of sweetening your donation: Evidence from a natural field experiment

被引：10

作者：

Alpizar, Francisco ^{[1
]}

Martinsson, Peter ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] CATIE, Environm Dev Initiat, Turrialba 30501, Costa Rica

[2] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, S-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 114卷 / 02期

关键词：

Donation; Natural field experiment; Reciprocity; RECIPROCITY; ECONOMICS; FAIRNESS; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2011.10.008

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We add a gift in appreciation of the subject's contribution to a social reference treatment successfully proven to trigger higher donations, and find that the share of people contributing decreases significantly, thereby eroding the original treatment's capacity to increase donations. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：182 / 185

页数：4

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