Small matches and charitable giving: Evidence from a natural field experiment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 344-350

  Karlan, Dean ^a,b,f   List, John A ^b,c,d   Shafir, Eldar ^b,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Matching; Warm and cold list donors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953789898     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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