Now or never! The effect of deadlines on charitable giving: Evidence from a natural field experiment
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Keywords
Field experiment; charitable contributions; time preferences; avoiding-the-ask;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2014-01-24 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2014-01-24 (Experimental Economics)
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