Developing Countries in Need: Which Characteristics Appeal Most to People when Donating Money?
通过离散选择实验，研究了近700名大学生在捐款时对发展中国家五个特征的相对重视程度，发现饥饿与营养不良最重要，其次是儿童死亡率、基础设施质量、人均收入，最后是与捐赠者祖国的联系。
A discrete choice experiment was conducted to discover the relative importance of five characteristics of developing countries considered by people when choosing countries to donate money to. The experiment was administered via an online survey involving almost 700 university student participants (potential donors). The most important recipient country characteristic for participants on average is hunger and malnutrition, followed by child mortality, quality of infrastructure, income per capita, and, least importantly, ties to the donor's home country. A cluster analysis of participants' individual 'part worth utilities' representing the relative importance of the country characteristics reveals they are not strongly correlated with participants' demographic characteristics.