Charity auctions in the experimental lab

Jeffrey Carpenter, Jessica Holmes and Peter Matthews

A chapter in Charity with Choice, 2010, pp 201-249 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: To transform donations “in kind” into cash, charities of all sizes use auctions and raffles. Despite this, neither the theory nor the practice of efficient fund-raising – and, in particular, charity auctions – has received sufficient attention from economists, especially the fact that participation in fund-raisers is endogenous. We describe, in detail, the design and implementation of an experiment to examine 15 charity auction mechanisms. While some of the mechanisms have already received attention from both theorists and empiricists, ours is the first comprehensive examination of all existing mechanisms and the first to explore the potential of a few new formats. Our analysis focuses on participation differences among the formats and how theory and supplemental survey data can help explain some of these differences.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1108/S0193-2306(2010)0000013010

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