Remoteness and Charitable Gifts

The counterintuitive effects of thank-you gifts on charitable giving

Six experiments examined the effects of thank-you gifts on charitable giving. Results indicate that although people expect that the offer of thank-you gifts will increase donations, such offers actually reduce charitable donations. This effect was obtained across a wide variety of charities and gifts types, regardless of whether the donations were hypothetical or real, the gift was desirable or...

Leaving a Bequest: Living on Through Charitable Gifts

Decisions taken in respect of the disposition of possessions often parallel a life transition or change in identity. In this article, we examine decisions taken in a will where disposition can be viewed not as a representation of the identities an individual wishes to shed, but rather as the continuation of those for which the deceased wishes to be remembered. We examine the meaning that such d...

Generosity in Canada: Trends in Personal Gifts and Charitable Donations Over Three Decades, 1969 to 1997

The Widow’s Offering: Inheritance, Family Structure, and the Charitable Gifts of Women

T he impact of challenge gifts on charitable giving : an experimental investigation

Evidence suggests that contributions to capital campaigns increase with the value of leadership gifts. We examine the response of subjects to the announcement of leadership gifts and its implied change in the campaign’s target. The two effects are partitioned.  2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.