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    Deadlines, Procrastination, and Inattention in Charitable Giving: A Field Experiment 

    Knowles, Stephen; Servátka, Maroš; Sullivan, Trudy
    We conduct a field experiment to analyze the effect of deadline length on charitable giving. Subjects are invited to complete an online survey, with a donation going to charity if they do so. Participants are given either ...
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    Does Aid Work for the Poor? 

    McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; Knowles, Stephen
    This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the ...
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    Dire Straits v The Cure: Emphasising the Problem or the Solution in Charitable Fundraising for International Development 

    Clark, Jeremy; Garces-Ozanne, Arlene; Knowles, Stephen
    We conduct a laboratory experiment to test the effect on charitable donations to international development NGOs (INGOs) of emphasising current deprivation in a developing country, versus emphasising the potential good a ...
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    Does Charity Begin at Home or Overseas? 

    Knowles, Stephen; Sullivan, Trudy
    We conduct a field experiment to analyse whether a representative sample of the population has a preference for giving money to an international development charity or to a charity helping families in need in the home ...
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    How Close to Home Does Charity Begin? 

    Brown, Pike; Grimson, Duncan; Knowles, Stephen
    This paper uses a field experiment to analyse the extent to which people are more inclined to support a charity focused on people or causes in their own region, compared to regions in other parts of the country. New Zealand ...
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    In Search of Effective Altruists 

    Genç, Murat; Knowles, Stephen; Sullivan, Trudy
    The effective altruism movement argues that people wanting to do the most good they can should donate to charities fighting poverty in poor countries overseas, rather than to charities helping people in need in wealthy ...
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    Developing countries in need: Which characteristics appeal most to people when donating money? 

    Hansen, Paul; Kergozou, Nicole; Knowles, Stephen; Thorsnes, Paul
    A discrete choice experiment was conducted to discover the relative importance of five characteristics of developing countries, as suggested by the literature, considered by people when choosing countries to donate money ...
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    Can You Spare Some Change For Charity? Experimental Evidence On Verbal Cues And Loose Change Effects In A Dictator Game 

    Fielding, David; Knowles, Stephen
    There is some evidence from field studies and natural experiments that levels of charitable donation depend on the method in which donations are solicited. There is also some experimental evidence that spending on private ...
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    Transaction Costs, the Opportunity Cost of Time and Inertia in Charitable Giving 

    Knowles, Stephen; Servátka, Maroš
    We conduct a laboratory experiment to analyze the effect transactions costs and inertia have on charitable giving. We conjecture that transaction costs will have a greater effect on donations if the solicitation is received ...
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    What Sort of People Vote Expressively 

    Etang, Alvin; Fielding, David; Knowles, Stephen
    Using a survey and an experiment, we identify the personal characteristics associated with the difference between an individual’s giving to charity and her vote in a referendum on charitable giving. Under certain circumstances, ...
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