Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies
Existing evidence from laboratory experiments finds that a match is likely to increase charitable donations by more than a theoretically equivalent rebate. A number of explanations have been proposed for this in the literature. One idea, which has never been tested, is that people consider a match t...
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| description | Existing evidence from laboratory experiments finds that a match is likely to increase charitable donations by more than a theoretically equivalent rebate. A number of explanations have been proposed for this in the literature. One idea, which has never been tested, is that people consider a match to be more generous, because unlike the rebate, there is no reward for making a donation in the match setting. We design a survey to determine whether people do consider matches more generous than rebates, and probe the reasons subjects give for their answers. We find that a significant number of people do consider rebates less generous because of the reward associated with donations in such a setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c60485d1acf246e982e75d52827c0d212023-09-03T09:45:59ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752022-09-01171058107110.1017/S1930297500009323Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidiesNathan W. Chan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-8393Stephen Knowles1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-4707Ronald Peeters2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-1119Leonard Wolk3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-1226Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA, USA. Email:Department of Economics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Email:Department of Economics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Email:Department of Finance, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email:Existing evidence from laboratory experiments finds that a match is likely to increase charitable donations by more than a theoretically equivalent rebate. A number of explanations have been proposed for this in the literature. One idea, which has never been tested, is that people consider a match to be more generous, because unlike the rebate, there is no reward for making a donation in the match setting. We design a survey to determine whether people do consider matches more generous than rebates, and probe the reasons subjects give for their answers. We find that a significant number of people do consider rebates less generous because of the reward associated with donations in such a setting.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500009323/type/journal_articlecharitable givinggenerositymatching and rebate subsidies |
| spellingShingle | Nathan W. Chan Stephen Knowles Ronald Peeters Leonard Wolk Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies Judgment and Decision Making charitable giving generosity matching and rebate subsidies |
| title | Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies |
| title_full | Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies |
| title_fullStr | Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies |
| title_short | Perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies |
| title_sort | perception of generosity under matching and rebate subsidies |
| topic | charitable giving generosity matching and rebate subsidies |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500009323/type/journal_article |
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