Impure Impact Giving: Theory and Evidence
dc.contributor.author | Hungerman, Daniel M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark | |
dc.contributor.department | Economics, School of Liberal Arts | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-26T14:38:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-26T14:38:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present a new model of charitable giving where individuals regard out-of-pocket donations and the matches they induce as different. We show that match-price elasticities combine conventional price effects with the strength of warm glow, so that a match-price elasticity alone is insufficient to characterize preferences for giving. Match- and rebate-price elasticities will be different, but together they lead to new tests of underlying giving preferences. We estimate, for the first time, a match-price elasticity in a high-stakes setting together with a rebate elasticity induced by tax policy. The estimates reject extant models of giving but are consistent with the new theory. | |
dc.eprint.version | Pre-Print | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hungerman DM, Ottoni-Wilhelm M. Impure Impact Giving: Theory and Evidence. Published online August 2018. doi:10.3386/w24940 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/39535 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | National Bureau of Economic Research | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.3386/w24940 | |
dc.rights | Publisher Policy | |
dc.source | SSRN | |
dc.subject | Charitable giving | |
dc.subject | Out-of-pocket donations | |
dc.subject | Match-price elasticity | |
dc.title | Impure Impact Giving: Theory and Evidence | |
dc.type | Article |