Why charities announce donations: a positive perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Romano, R; Yildirim, H
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Florida
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00078-5
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 423-447
• 关键词: charity; Voluntary contributions

摘要

Charities frequently announce contributions of donors as they accrue. Doing so induces donors to play a sequential-move rather than simultaneous-move game. We examine the conditions under which a charity prefers such sequential play. It is known that if donors only value contributions through their effect on the total provision of a public good, then the charity will not announce contributions sequentially. However, with more general utility functions that include additional effects such as warm-glow or snob appeal, the charity may benefit from announcing contributions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BY All rights reserved.