Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities?
When evaluating a charity by itself, people tend to overweight overhead costs in relation to cost-effectiveness. However, when evaluating charities side by side, they base their donations on cost-effectiveness. I conducted a replication and extension of Caviola et al. (2014; Study 1) using a 3 (High...
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| description | When evaluating a charity by itself, people tend to overweight overhead costs in relation to cost-effectiveness. However, when evaluating charities side by side, they base their donations on cost-effectiveness. I conducted a replication and extension of Caviola et al. (2014; Study 1) using a 3 (High Overhead/Effectiveness, Low Overhead/Effectiveness, Both) x 2 (Humans, Animals) between-subjects design. I found that the overhead ratio is an easier attribute to evaluate than cost-effectiveness in separate evaluation, and, in joint evaluation, people allocate donations based on cost-effectiveness. This effect was observed for human charities, and to a lesser extent, for animal charities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1391441d4f7478eac6f163b5e1e2aa92023-09-03T14:02:50ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752022-03-011731533010.1017/S1930297500009128Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities?Glen William Spiteri0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-2888Department of Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science Department of Economics, University of Malta Department of Business, Entrepreneurship and Finance, Saint Martin’s Institute of Higher EducationWhen evaluating a charity by itself, people tend to overweight overhead costs in relation to cost-effectiveness. However, when evaluating charities side by side, they base their donations on cost-effectiveness. I conducted a replication and extension of Caviola et al. (2014; Study 1) using a 3 (High Overhead/Effectiveness, Low Overhead/Effectiveness, Both) x 2 (Humans, Animals) between-subjects design. I found that the overhead ratio is an easier attribute to evaluate than cost-effectiveness in separate evaluation, and, in joint evaluation, people allocate donations based on cost-effectiveness. This effect was observed for human charities, and to a lesser extent, for animal charities.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500009128/type/journal_articleanimal charityevaluability biasoverhead aversioncost-effectivenesspreference reversalpre-registrationaltruism |
| spellingShingle | Glen William Spiteri Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities? Judgment and Decision Making animal charity evaluability bias overhead aversion cost-effectiveness preference reversal pre-registration altruism |
| title | Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities? |
| title_full | Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities? |
| title_fullStr | Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities? |
| title_short | Does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities? |
| title_sort | does the evaluability bias hold when giving to animal charities |
| topic | animal charity evaluability bias overhead aversion cost-effectiveness preference reversal pre-registration altruism |
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