Now or never! The effect of deadlines on charitable giving: Evidence from two natural field experiments

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Volumn 66, Issue , 2017, Pages 78-87

  Damgaard, Mette Trier ^a   Gravert, Christina ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avoiding the ask; Charitable giving; Deadline; Field experiment; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964768924     PISSN: 22148043     EISSN: 22148051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2016.04.013     Document Type: Article

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