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Peter Giovanni Backus

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First Name:Peter
Middle Name:Giovanni
Last Name:Backus
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RePEc Short-ID:pba1230
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http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/peter.backus/

Affiliation

(50%) Department of Economics
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom
https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/economics/
RePEc:edi:semanuk (more details at EDIRC)

(50%) Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
School of Economics
Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain
http://www.ieb.ub.edu/
RePEc:edi:iebubes (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Peter Backus & Nicky Grant, 2016. "Consistent Estimation of the Tax-Price Elasticity of Charitable Giving with Survey Data," Economics Discussion Paper Series 1606, Economics, The University of Manchester.
  2. Peter Backus & María Cubel & Matej Guid & Santiago Sánchez-Pages & Enrique Lopez Manas, 2016. "Gender, competition and performance:Evidence from real tournaments," Working Papers 2016/27, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
  3. Wiji Arulampalam & Peter G. Backus & John Micklewright, 2013. "Unofficial Development Assistance: a model of development charities' donation income," DoQSS Working Papers 13-14, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London.
  4. Peter Backus & Alejandro Esteller-Moré, 2013. "What drives demand for redistribution? An empirical analysis of other-regarding and self-insurance motives," Economics Discussion Paper Series 1325, Economics, The University of Manchester.
  5. Anthony Atkinson & Peter Backus & John Micklewright, 2012. "Charitable bequests and wealth at death," DoQSS Working Papers 12-08, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London.
  6. Arulampalam, Wiji & Backus, Peter G. & Micklewright, John, 2011. "Unofficial Development Assistance: A Dynamic Model of Charities' Donation Income," IZA Discussion Papers 5616, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  7. Backus, Peter, 2010. "Is charity a homogeneous good?," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 951, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  8. Atkinson, Tony & Backus, Peter G. & Micklewright, John & Pharoah, Cathy & Schnepf, Sylke V., 2008. "Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends over a Quarter Century," IZA Discussion Papers 3872, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

Articles

  1. Wiji Arulampalam & Peter G. Backus & John Micklewright, 2015. "Unofficial Development Assistance: A Model of Development Charities’ Donation Income," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 77(2), pages 191-209, April.
  2. Peter Backus & David Clifford, 2013. "Are big charities becoming more dominant?: cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 176(3), pages 761-776, June.
  3. Anthony B. Atkinson & Peter G. Backus & John Micklewright & Cathy Pharoah & Sylke V. Schnepf, 2012. "Charitable giving for overseas development: UK trends over a quarter century," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 175(1), pages 167-190, January.

Citations

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Blog mentions

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  1. Atkinson, Tony & Backus, Peter G. & Micklewright, John, 2012. "Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death," IZA Discussion Papers 7014, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Mentioned in:

    1. Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death
      by maximorossi in NEP-LTV blog on 2012-12-16 23:58:21

Working papers

  1. Peter Backus & Nicky Grant, 2016. "Consistent Estimation of the Tax-Price Elasticity of Charitable Giving with Survey Data," Economics Discussion Paper Series 1606, Economics, The University of Manchester.

    Cited by:

    1. Peter G. Backus & Nicky L. Grant, 2019. "How sensitive is the average taxpayer to changes in the tax-price of giving?," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 26(2), pages 317-356, April.
    2. Nicky Lee Grant, 2016. "Correlated Random Effects Quantile Estimation of the Tax-Price Elasticity of Charitable Donations," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 36(3), pages 1729-1736.
    3. Julia Cagé & Malka Guillot, 2023. "Is Charitable Giving Political? Evidence from Wealth and Income Tax Return," World Inequality Lab Working Papers halshs-04173178, HAL.

  2. Peter Backus & María Cubel & Matej Guid & Santiago Sánchez-Pages & Enrique Lopez Manas, 2016. "Gender, competition and performance:Evidence from real tournaments," Working Papers 2016/27, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).

    Cited by:

    1. SeEun Jung & Radu Vranceanu, 2017. "Experimental estimates of men's and women's willingness to compete: Does the gender of the partner matter?," Inha University IBER Working Paper Series 2017-5, Inha University, Institute of Business and Economic Research, revised Jul 2017.
    2. Booth, Alison & Hayashi, Ryohei & Yamamura, Eiji, 2022. "Gender differences in tournament-performance over time in single-sex and mixed-sex environments," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    3. José De Sousa & Guillaume Hollard, 2023. "From Micro to Macro Gender Differences: Evidence from Field Tournaments," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-04328086, HAL.
    4. Künn, Steffen & Seel, Christian & Zegners, Dainis, 2020. "Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess," IZA Discussion Papers 13491, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Cubel, María & Sanchez-Pages, Santiago, 2022. "Gender differences in equilibrium play and strategic sophistication variability," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 287-299.
    6. Buser, Thomas & van den Assem, Martijn J. & van Dolder, Dennie, 2023. "Gender and willingness to compete for high stakes," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 206(C), pages 350-370.
    7. Tukiainen, Janne & Takalo, Tuomas & Hulkkonen, Topi, 2018. "Relative age effects in political selection," Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 15/2018, Bank of Finland.
    8. Zak, Uri, 2021. "The performance advantage of traveling," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    9. Künn, Steffen & Palacios, Juan & Pestel, Nico, 2019. "Indoor Air Quality and Cognitive Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 12632, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    10. Lackner, Mario & Weichselbaumer, Michael, 2023. "Can barely winning lead to losing? Gender and past performance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 258-274.
    11. Anna Katharina Pikos & Alexander Straub, 2020. "Mind the Absent Gap: Gender-Specific Competitive Behavior in Nonprofessional Sports," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 21(3), pages 215-233, April.
    12. Booth, Alison & Hayashi, Ryohei & Yamamura, Eiji, 2019. "Gender Differences in Tournament Performance Over Time: Can Women Catch-Up with Men?," CEPR Discussion Papers 13681, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

  3. Anthony Atkinson & Peter Backus & John Micklewright, 2012. "Charitable bequests and wealth at death," DoQSS Working Papers 12-08, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London.

    Cited by:

    1. A.B. Atkinson, 2013. "Wealth and Inheritance in Britain from 1896 to the Present," CASE Papers case178, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.
    2. Cummins, Neil & Ó Gráda, Cormac, 2022. "The Irish in England," CEPR Discussion Papers 17439, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Hyeon Park, 2023. "Giving and volunteering over a lifecycle," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 335-369, March.
    4. Anthony Atkinson & Peter Backus & John Micklewright, 2012. "Charitable bequests and wealth at death," DoQSS Working Papers 12-08, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London.
    5. Cummins, Neil, 2024. "The Irish in England," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121184, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

  4. Arulampalam, Wiji & Backus, Peter G. & Micklewright, John, 2011. "Unofficial Development Assistance: A Dynamic Model of Charities' Donation Income," IZA Discussion Papers 5616, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Cited by:

    1. Una Okonkwo Osili, 2013. "Non-Traditional Aid and Gender Equity: Evidence from Million Dollar Donations," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-076, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

  5. Backus, Peter, 2010. "Is charity a homogeneous good?," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 951, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Brown, Sarah & Greene, William H. & Harris, Mark N. & Taylor, Karl, 2015. "An inverse hyperbolic sine heteroskedastic latent class panel tobit model: An application to modelling charitable donations," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 228-236.
    2. Nicolas J. Duquette, 2013. "Do Tax Incentives Affect Charitable Contributions? Evidence from Public Charitiesâ Reported Revenues," 2013 Papers pdu359, Job Market Papers.
    3. Baris Yoruk, 2012. "The impact of charitable subsidies on religious giving and attendance: Evidence from panel data," Discussion Papers 12-06, University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Economics.
    4. Sara Torregrosa, 2015. "Bypassing progressive taxation: fraud and base erosion in the Spanish income tax (1970-2001)," Working Papers 2015/31, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    5. Bittschi, Benjamin & Borgloh, Sarah & Wigger, Berthold, 2015. "Secularization, tax policy and prosocial behavior," VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 113065, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

  6. Atkinson, Tony & Backus, Peter G. & Micklewright, John & Pharoah, Cathy & Schnepf, Sylke V., 2008. "Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends over a Quarter Century," IZA Discussion Papers 3872, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Cited by:

    1. Gani Aldashev & Marini Marco & Thierry Verdier, 2015. "Governance of non-profit and non-governmental organizations - within- and between- organization analyses: an introduction," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01157564, HAL.
    2. Kopel, Michael & Marini, Marco A., 2022. "Mandatory disclosure of managerial contracts in NGOs," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 199(C), pages 65-85.
    3. Jenq, Christina & Pan, Jessica & Theseira, Walter, 2015. "Beauty, weight, and skin color in charitable giving," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 234-253.
    4. Atkinson, Tony & Backus, Peter G. & Micklewright, John & Pharoah, Cathy & Schnepf, Sylke V., 2008. "Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends over a Quarter Century," IZA Discussion Papers 3872, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. John Bennett & Elisabetta Iossa & Gabriella Legrenzi, 2010. "Commercial Activity As Insurance: The Investment Behaviour Of Non‐Profit Organizations," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 81(3), pages 445-465, September.
    6. Olive Kamene Ndeveni Tindika & Kenneth Lawrence Wanjau & George Mbugua Kariuki & Joseph Muchiri, 2019. "Entrepreneurial opportunity discovery dimensions and growth of non-governmental organizations in Kenya," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 8(5), pages 18-26, September.
    7. Gani ALDASHEV & Cecilia NAVARRA, 2018. "Development Ngos: Basic Facts," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 89(1), pages 125-155, March.
    8. Duncan Grimson & Stephen Knowles & Philip Stahlmann-Brown, 2020. "How close to home does charity begin?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(34), pages 3700-3708, July.
    9. Gani Aldashev & Marco Marini & Thierry Verdier, 2015. "Governance of Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organizations - Within and Between- Organization Analyses," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 86(1), pages 1-5, March.
    10. Stephen Knowles & Trudy Sullivan, 2015. "Does Charity Begin at Home or Overseas?," Working Papers 1504, University of Otago, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2015.
    11. Michael Kopel & Marco A. Marini, 2020. "Mandatory Disclosure of Managerial Contracts in Nonprofit Organizations," Working Papers 23/20, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
    12. Peter Backus & David Clifford, 2013. "Are big charities becoming more dominant?: cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 176(3), pages 761-776, June.
    13. Frode Alfnes & Maren Bachke & Mette Wik, 2012. "Eliciting donor preferences," Artefactual Field Experiments 00098, The Field Experiments Website.
    14. Lei Xu & Xiaoning Guo & Yan Liu & Xiaochen Sun & Jie Ji, 2022. "How Does Corporate Charitable Giving Affect Enterprise Innovation? A Literature Review and Research Directions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-21, November.
    15. Sebastian-Ion Ceptureanu & Eduard-Gabriel Ceptureanu & Mihai Cristian Orzan & Irinel Marin, 2017. "Toward a Romanian NPOs Sustainability Model: Determinants of Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-26, June.
    16. He, Ke & Wang, Yujie & Zhang, Junbiao & Wang, Qingbin, 2022. "Out of the shadows: Impact of SARS experience on Chinese netizens' willingness to donate for COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    17. Ester Manna, 2023. "Bad NGOs? Competition in the market for donations and workers' misconduct," UB School of Economics Working Papers 2023/457, University of Barcelona School of Economics.

Articles

  1. Peter Backus & David Clifford, 2013. "Are big charities becoming more dominant?: cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 176(3), pages 761-776, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Graddy-Reed, Alexandra, 2020. "Getting ahead in the race for a cure: How nonprofits are financing biomedical R&D," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(8).
    2. Stephanie Reitzinger & Astrid Pennerstorfer, 2021. "The size–growth relationship in the social services sector in Austria," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 15(3), pages 445-466, September.
    3. Bowles, James & Clifford, David & Mohan, John, 2023. "The place of charity in a public health service: Inequality and persistence in charitable support for NHS trusts in england," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 322(C).

  2. Anthony B. Atkinson & Peter G. Backus & John Micklewright & Cathy Pharoah & Sylke V. Schnepf, 2012. "Charitable giving for overseas development: UK trends over a quarter century," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 175(1), pages 167-190, January.
    See citations under working paper version above.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 7 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (2) 2009-01-03 2016-11-06
  2. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2016-11-06 2016-11-06
  3. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (2) 2009-01-03 2012-12-10
  4. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (1) 2016-11-06
  5. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2009-01-03
  6. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2016-11-06
  7. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2016-11-06
  8. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (1) 2013-11-29
  9. NEP-NPS: Nonprofit and Public Sector (1) 2013-10-25
  10. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2012-12-10
  11. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2011-04-16
  12. NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics (1) 2016-11-06

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