Andreoni-McGuire algorithm and the limits of warm-glow giving

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yildirim, Huseyin
• 署名单位: Duke University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.09.005
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 101-107
• 关键词: Altruism; Warm-glow; Crowding-out

摘要

We provide a full equilibrium characterization of warm-glow giving a la Andreoni (1989, 1990) by extending the Andreoni-McGuire (1993) algorithm. We then generalize and offer an intuitive meaning to the large-economy crowding-out results by Ribar and Wilhelm (2002). The algorithm indexes individuals according to their free-riding levels of the public good. This level is finite for an individual whose donation is always dictated by some altruism or concern for charity. We show that if all individuals have finite free-riding levels, then the crowding-out is complete in a large economy. If, on the other hand, a non-negligible fraction of the population never free rides, then the crowding-out is zero in a large economy. We discuss implications of these extreme crowding-out predictions for charitable behavior and fund-raising strategies. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.