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A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....

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Reconciling Pro-Social vs. Selfish Behavior: Evidence for the Role of Self-Control

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Will there be blood? Incentives and substitution effects in pro-social behavior

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We examine how economic incentives affect pro-social behavior through the analysis of a unique dataset with information on more than 14,000 American Red Cross blood drives. Our findings are consistent with blood donors responding to incentives in a standard way; offering donors economic...

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On The Economic Value of Repeated Interactions Under Adverse Selection

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