Applying behavioural insights to charitable giving
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The trials in this paper have been devised, led and delivered by Michael Sanders, a member of the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), and a former BIT Research Fellow from the University of Bristol. We would like to thank those organisations who have partnered with us in the production of this report. In particular, we would like to thank the Charities Aid Foundation, which has supported the research on the application of behavioural science to payroll giving. We would also like to thank Rob Cope (Remember a (Zurich). We are also grateful to Rachael Hogg and Alex Tupper for excellent research assistance.
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