giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artefact of experimentation? What is unique about this paper is that ….e. charitable organizations). Our study focuses directly on subjects’ willingness to contribute to and take from a charity. We do … this by allocating the initial endowment in one of three ways: either all to the subjects, all to the charity, or evenly …

Glow ; Cold Prickle ; Charity ; Altruism … giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artefact of experimentation? What is unique about this paper is that ….e. charitable organizations). Our study focuses directly on subjects'; willingness to contribute to and take from a charity. We do …

their effect across charity space and time. We find that major fundraising appeals lift total donations, but surprisingly …

their effect across charity space and time. We find that major fundraising appeals lift total donations, but surprisingly …

We test how donors respond to new information about a charity's effectiveness. Freedom from Hunger implemented a test … that highlights two predictions. First, larger gift amounts, holding education and income constant, is a proxy for altruism …). Second, those motivated by altruism will respond positively to appeals based on evidence, whereas those motivated by warm …