THE PRIVATE PROVISION OF PUBLIC-GOODS - ALTRUISM AND VOLUNTARY GIVING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: SMITH, VH; KEHOE, MR; CREMER, ME
• 署名单位: University of Washington
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(94)01455-W
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 107-126
• 关键词: Altruism; voluntary giving; sample selection

摘要

A unique data set on exact giving by individual households for the support of a rural hearth care facility is used to examine the determinants of charitable giving, including the role of altruism. We examine whether a household's decision to give or not give and the amount it gives are influenced in the same or different ways by the household's characteristics and economic circumstances. We also examine whether a household's 'altruistic history' affects its current giving decisions.