Can you spare some change for charity?: experimental evidence on verbal cues and loose change effects in a dictator game

David Fielding; Stephen Knowles

doi:10.1007/s10683-014-9424-x

Can you spare some change for charity? experimental evidence on verbal cues and loose change effects in a dictator game

David Fielding, Stephen Knowles

Global Development Institute

University of Otago

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Abstract

We use a simple laboratory experiment to measure the effect on altruism of (i) whether the participants’ choices are presented verbally or non-verbally, and (ii) whether the participants have a large amount of loose change. We find strong evidence for the first effect and weaker evidence for the second. These effects may explain some of the variation in the average level of generosity found in different Dictator Game results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	718–730
Number of pages	13
Journal	Experimental Economics
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-014-9424-x
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2014

Keywords

Charitable giving
Dictator Game
Power of asking
Loose change effects

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Global Development Institute

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