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Scharf, Kimberley A. and Smith, Sarah M. (2016) Relational altruism and giving in social groups. Journal of Public Economics, 141 . pp. 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.06.001 ISSN 0047-2727.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.06.001
Abstract
Much fundraising is done by individuals within existing social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we demonstrate (i) a positive relationship between social group size and the number of donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the size of individual donations; (iii) no clear relationship between group size and the total amount raised. Free riding with respect to the activity being funded cannot
explain the relationship between group size and donation size, since the number of social group members is only a subset of total contributors. Instead, the findings are consistent with the notion that giving in social groups is motivated by “relational altruism”.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Altruism, Charity, Helping behavior, Fund raising, Social groups | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Economics | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0047-2727 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | September 2016 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 141 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 36 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-10 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.06.001 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 June 2016 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 June 2018 | ||||||||||
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