The impact of timing and type of donation decision on charitable giving
通过在线实验,研究了捐赠决策的时机(收入产生前或后)和类型(绝对金额或未来收入比例)如何影响慈善捐赠,发现按收入比例捐赠能提高捐赠率和金额。
We study how the timing and the type of donation decisions affect charitable giving. In an online real-effort experiment with a subsistence income constraint, participants could donate to a charity either before or after they worked to generate income. We find no evidence that timing affects the propensity to donate or the amounts donated. However, if a donation is expressed as a share of future income rather than an absolute amount, more people donate and they donate larger amounts. Advance commitment does not appear to have a motivational effect on effort. Our findings suggest that requesting donations as a share of future income may enhance charitable giving.