This paper investigates empirically the effect of competition between microfinance NGOs seeking subsidized capital from individual social investors. Although NGO behavior in competitive environments is often subject to controversy, there is little formal empirical evidence to illustrate...

Peer to peer (P2P) microfinance connects philanthropic citizens with poor entrepreneurs in the developing world. Although its popularity has grown exponentially with the creation of several competing online platforms, very little is known about how individual lenders behave and whether their...

Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have various sources of income and expenditure. They have donated and commercial incomes, and they spend them on both charitable and non-charitable expenditure. Standard economic theory implies that different sources of income are fungible, which means that...

Violent groups sometimes invest significant resources in social work, notably in the form of charities and NGOs. The present paper models a terrorist group's charities as a means to advertise its cause in order to raise popular support. The analysis explains how different types of organizations...

This paper investigates the effect of competition between NGO projects on their ability to raise funds, using the case of Kiva, an online peer-to-peer (P2P) microlending website. Although NGO behavior in competitive environments is often subject to controversy, there is little formal empirical...