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

James Murphy, Nomin Batmunkh, Ben Nilsson and Samantha Ray
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Nomin Batmunkh: University of Alaska Anchorage
Ben Nilsson: University of Alaska Anchorage
Samantha Ray: University of Alaska Anchorage

Working Papers from Chapman University, Economic Science Institute

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D64 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-exp and nep-soc
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