Introduction to the special issue on ‘new directions in understanding philanthropic activities’
本特刊论文研究慈善捐赠的经济学，探讨如何有效促进捐款或志愿服务、筹款机制及捐赠动机，结合理论、观察数据和实验方法，为学者和政策制定者提供新见解。
Abstract The papers in this Special Issue contribute to a rich literature on the economics of charitable giving. They address several novel questions covering a wide range of open issues in the philanthropic realm. For example, many of our papers study what works and what does not work for a charitable organization to boost giving money or time. Other papers examine fundraising mechanisms and possible underlying motives shaping donors’ giving behaviour. Our papers combine multiple methodologies, such as theory, observational data as well as laboratory and field experiments, to address these issues. Taken together, our Special Issue offers novel insights and approaches in the field of charitable giving that will be of interest to academics and policymakers alike.