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Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: The Impact of Exogenous and Endogenous Information Acquisition on Giving

经济学博士论文研究：外源性和内源性信息获取对给予的影响

基本信息

批准号：
1756994
负责人：
Silvana Krasteva
金额：
$ 2.01万
依托单位：
Texas A&M University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-03-15 至 2021-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1756994&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Economics Impact

项目摘要

An important question in the study of charitable organizations is what motivate people to contribute more? This proposed research will use theory and experiments to investigate whether providing more information about the value of the proposed public good at the fundraising stage will encourage more donations. The researchers will develop a theoretical model which predicts that providing more information to people who do not generally donate will encourage them to donate, while providing more information to those who normally donate decreases their donations. The researchers will use new and sophisticated methods to test this theory. Early test results confirm the predictions of the theory. The results of this research project are useful for formulating fundraising policies for charities---share more information with communities which would otherwise not donate. The research results also provide guidance on how governments can generate support for providing public goods. The research project also contributes to US global leadership in economics research by supporting graduate student research in economics and thus increases US?s research capital.This proposal will use theoretical and experimental methods to investigate the impact of providing more information about the value of a public good on voluntary cooperative giving. The research first develops a theoretical model to investigate the effects of providing information about the project's value on expected contributions. The model predicts that the generosity level of the population plays an important role in how agents respond to information; information has the potential to increase average contributions in less generous populations but may decrease it in more generous populations. The PIs will then use laboratory experiments to test this model as well as measure people?s willingness to pay for such information. Preliminary experimental results confirm the theoretical predictions. The results of the research project have important policy implications for how charities provide information on the outcomes of their activities to generate more donations. It also provides guidance on how governments may generate support for the provision of public and merit goods.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

慈善组织研究中的一个重要问题是什么激励人们做出更多贡献？这项拟议的研究将使用理论和实验来调查是否提供更多的信息，拟议的公共产品的价值在筹款阶段将鼓励更多的捐款。研究人员将开发一个理论模型，预测向通常不捐款的人提供更多信息将鼓励他们捐款，而向通常捐款的人提供更多信息会减少他们的捐款。研究人员将使用新的和复杂的方法来测试这一理论。早期的测试结果证实了理论的预测。这项研究项目的结果对制定慈善机构的筹款政策是有用的-与社区分享更多的信息，否则就不会捐款。研究结果还为政府如何为提供公共产品提供支持提供了指导。该研究项目还有助于美国在经济学研究的全球领导地位，支持研究生在经济学研究，从而增加美国？这项建议将使用理论和实验的方法来调查提供更多的信息的价值，公共产品的自愿合作给予的影响。本研究首先发展一个理论模型，探讨提供项目价值资讯对预期贡献的影响。该模型预测，人口的慷慨程度起着重要的作用，代理人如何回应信息，信息有可能增加平均贡献在不太慷慨的人口，但可能会减少它在更慷慨的人口。然后，PI将使用实验室实验来测试这个模型，以及衡量人？我们愿意为这些信息付费。初步实验结果证实了理论预测。该研究项目的结果对慈善机构如何提供有关其活动成果的信息以获得更多捐款具有重要的政策意义。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。