Brothers in alms? Coordination between nonprofits on markets for donations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Aldashev, Gani; Marini, Marco; Verdier, Thierry
• 署名单位: University of Namur; Sapienza University Rome; Institut Polytechnique de Paris; Ecole des Ponts ParisTech; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.04.009
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 182-200
• 关键词: nonprofits; Charitable giving; COORDINATION; Endogenous coalition formation; Non-distribution constraint

摘要

Mission-driven nonprofit organizations compete for donations through fundraising activities. Such competition can lead to inefficient outcomes, if nonprofits impose externalities on each others' output This paper studies the sustainability of fundraising coordination agreements, using a game-theoretic model of coalition formation. We show that three key characteristics determine the stability of cooperation between nonprofits: (i) the alliance formation rule, (ii) the extent to which fundraising efforts are strategic complements/substitutes, and (iii) whether deviation from the agreements is by an individual or by a group of nonprofits. We analyze how the interaction of these three features induces (or not) the stability of Pareto-optimal full coordination in fundraising. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.