The Impact of Social Information on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: A Replication Study

James Murphy, Nomin Batmunkh, Benjamin Nilsson and Samantha Ray
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Nomin Batmunkh: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
Benjamin Nilsson: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
Samantha Ray: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

No 2014-02, Working Papers from University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Economics

Abstract: Shang and Croson (2009) found that providing information about the donation decisions of others can have a positive impact on individual donations to public radio. In this study, we attempted to replicate their results, however, we found no evidence of that social comparisons affected donation decisions. Most of our donors were renewing members, a group which Shang and Croson also found were not influenced by social information.

Keywords: Charitable giving; field experiment; philanthropy; public goods; social information; social comparison; experimental economics; nonprofit; charity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 C93 D64 H41 L31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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Published in Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 18. Cary Deck, Enrique Fatas and Tanya Rosenblat, editors. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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