B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal

Charitable Giving and Intermediation




AuthorsNadine Chlaß, Lata Gangadharan, Kristy Jones

PublisherMonash University, Department of Economics

Publication year2015

JournalDepartment of Economics discussion papers

Issue18/15

eISSN1441-5429

Web address https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/925631/1815-charitable-giving-and-intermediation.pdf

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/1616592


Abstract

Charitable donations are often made through intermediaries who can fund themselves from these same donations. Donors who purchase charitable output through an intermediary incur a principal-agent problem with unobservable prices. We compare charitable giving in an experiment with and without intermediation. Different donor types emerge: 41 per-cent of all donors reduce their donation in response to intermediation, 59 per-cent of all donors give as much or more with than without intermediation. The price of charitable output does not explain these types and appears to only matter after taking characteristics of donors’ moral judgement into account.


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