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By Daniel M. Oppenheimer (ed.), Christopher Y. Olivola (ed.)

ISBN-10: 1848728859

ISBN-13: 9781848728851

Americans donate over three hundred billion money a yr to charity, however the mental components that govern no matter if to provide, and what kind of to provide, are nonetheless now not good understood. Our realizing of charitable giving is predicated essentially upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational information which can't determine causal relationships. in contrast, the chapters during this e-book examine charity utilizing experimental tools within which the variables of curiosity are experimentally manipulated. for this reason, it turns into attainable to spot the causal components that underlie giving, and to layout potent intervention courses that could aid bring up the chance and quantity that folks give a contribution to a reason. For charitable companies, this e-book examines the efficacy of fundraising options well-known via nonprofits and makes concrete innovations approximately how you can make capital campaigns extra effective and potent. in addition, a couple of novel components that effect giving are pointed out and explored, establishing the door to fascinating new avenues in fundraising. For researchers, this booklet breaks novel theoretical floor in our figuring out of the way charitable judgements are made. whereas the chapters specialise in functions to charity, the emotional, social, and cognitive mechanisms explored herein all have extra common implications for the examine of psychology and behavioral economics. This e-book highlights one of the most fascinating, dazzling, and enlightening experimental reviews with regards to donation habit, beginning up intriguing pathways to cross-cutting the divide among thought and perform.

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Each of the chapters not only provides novel experimental findings, but also an overview of the relevant literature in the area. As such, this book can serve as a primer for anyone who is interested in experimental approaches to charity. Our hope is that this volume will not only increase the interest in charity as a domain of inquiry among experimental social scientists, but that it will also provide charitable organizations with a body of empirical findings that may help them be more successful at fundraising.

His research focuses on human decision making strategies and their policy implications. Christopher Olivola is a research fellow at University College London. A. D. in psychology and policy from Princeton University. His research focuses on the psychology of human decision making and behavioral economics. He is funded by a Newton International Fellowship and an ESRC grant. Contributors Lara B. Aknin Department of Psychology University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Lalin Anik Harvard Business School Harvard University Boston, Massachusetts, USA Jonathan Baron Department of Psychology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Aronte Bennett Leonard N.

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