Substitution effects across charitable donations

Jason Cairns and Robert Slonim

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, issue 2, 173-175

Abstract: This paper examines substitution effects across charitable donations, specifically the effect of 2nd collections on 1st collections at Catholic Masses. While 2nd collections increased total donations by 17.8%, 18.4% of 2nd collection donations came from 1st collections which fell 4.3%.

Keywords: Charitable; donations; Substitution; effects; Altruism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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