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How to Design the Ask? Funding Units vs. Giving Money

Diederich, Johannes ; Epperson, Raphael ; Goeschl, Timo

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Abstract

Charities frequently deviate from the standard donation scheme in which potential donors are asked how much money they are willing to give. Instead, they ask donors to choose how many units of a charitable good (e.g. meals, bed nets, or trees) to fund at a given unit price. In an onlne donation experiment, we compare the performance of such a "unit donation" scheme with that of the standard "money donation" and investigate the factors that could explain differences. We find that despite the additional demands that it imposes on the charity, the unit donation does not outperform the money donation scheme in terms of overall donations. It significantly differs, however, with respect tot the propensity to give. The sign of the difference depends on the granularity of the scheme. When one unit of the charitable good is cheap, unit donation schemes increase the propensity to give and can serve as an effective tool for recruiting donors.

Document type: Working paper
Series Name: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
Volume: 0698
Place of Publication: Heidelberg
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2021 09:27
Date: January 2020
Number of Pages: 29
Faculties / Institutes: The Faculty of Economics and Social Studies > Alfred-Weber-Institut for Economics
DDC-classification: 330 Economics
Controlled Keywords: Framing-Effekt
Uncontrolled Keywords: charitable giving, unit donation, aid effectiveness, restricted choice
Series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics

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