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Inter-charity competition under spatial differentiation: sorting, crowding, and spillovers
Gallier, Carlo
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Goeschl, Timo
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Kesternich, Martin
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Lohse, Johannes
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Reif, Christiane
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Römer, Daniel
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URL:
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https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/53019
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URN:
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-530192
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2019
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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ZEW Discussion Papers
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Volume:
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19-039
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Place of publication:
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Mannheim
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
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MADOC publication series:
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Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
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Subject:
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330 Economics
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Classification:
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JEL:
C9 , D7 , H4,
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Keywords (English):
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Altruism , public goods , charitable giving , social distance , field experiment , competition
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Abstract:
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We study spatially differentiated competition between charities by partnering with two foodbanks in two neighboring cities to conduct a field experiment with roughly 350 donation appeals. We induce spatial differentiation by varying the observability of charities’ location such that each donor faces a socially close ‘home’ and a distant ‘away’ charity. We find that spatially differentiated competition is characterized by sorting, crowding-in, and an absence of spillovers: Donors sort themselves by distance; fundraising (through matching) for one charity raises checkbook giving to that charity, irrespective of distance; but checkbook giving to the unmatched charity is not affected. For lead donors, this implies that the social distance between donors and charities is of limited strategic important. For spatially differentiated charities, matching ‘home’ donations maximizes overall charitable income. Across both charities, however, the additional funds raised fail to cover the cost of the match, despite harnessing social identity for giving.
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Gallier, Carlo
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Goeschl, Timo
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Kesternich, Martin
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Lohse, Johannes
;
Reif, Christiane
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Römer, Daniel
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Gallier, Carlo
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Goeschl, Timo
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Kesternich, Martin
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Lohse, Johannes
;
Reif, Christiane
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Römer, Daniel
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