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| Author: | Ribar, D. C. Wilhelm, M. O. |
| Title: | Altruistic and Joy-of-Giving Motivations in Charitable Behavior |
| Journal: | Journal of Political Economy
2002 : APR, VOL. 110:2, p. 425-457 |
| Index terms: | MOTIVATION CHARITIES ANALYTICAL REVIEW ALTRUISM |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study theoretically and empirically examines altruistic and joy-of-giving motivations underlying contributions to charitable activities. The theoretical analysis shows that in an economy with an infinitely large number of donors, impurely altruistic preferences lead to either asymptotically zero or complete crowd-out. The paper then establishes conditions on preferences that are sufficient to yield zero crowd-out in the limit. These conditions are fairly weak and quite plausible. An empirical representation of the model is estimated using a new 1986-92 panel of donations and government funding from the United States to 125 international relief and development organizations. |
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