compare charitable giving in an experiment with and without intermediation. Different donor types emerge: 41 per-cent of all …

Envy and altruism have been studied extensively in adults. Here, we report data from an experiment studying envious and …-demographic information have limited predictive power in both treatments. -- artefactual field experiment ; children ; envy ; altruism … treatments. One treatment investigates envy, the other one studies altruism. Additionally, we collect data on the children …

findings and discuss their relevance for public policy. -- volunteering ; happiness ; altruism ; generosity ; public policy …

We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects' performance translates into a donation to a charity. In a … find that subjects' performance increases, that is, they donate more to charity, when their relative performance is made … public. In line with the competitive altruism hypothesis, a biology-based explanation for status-seeking behavior, especially …

-seeking behavior. Subjects participated in a real-effort task where effort translated into a donation to a charity. Within-subjects we …-awareness ; self-deception ; experiment ; beliefs …

position vis-á-vis others. Taking a bet can improve oneś position relative to others or threaten it. We present an experiment …

We conduct a natural field experiment on direct and indirect transfer mechanisms for small donations. Charitable … suggested reference donatio -- Tied versus untied transfers ; charitable donations ; charity ; willingness to give ; pro social …