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Author-Name:  James J. Murphy
Author-Name-First: James
Author-Name-Last: Murphy
Author-Email:  murphy@uaa.alaska.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of State Economy, Nankai University
Author-Workplace-Name: Economic Science Institute, Chapman University

Author-Name: Nomin Batmunkh
Author-Name-First: Nomin
Author-Name-Last: Batmunkh
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

Author-Name: Benjamin Nilsson
Author-Name-First: Benjamin
Author-Name-Last: Nilsson
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

Author-Name: Samantha Ray
Author-Name-First: Samantha
Author-Name-Last: Ray
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

Title: The Impact of Social Information on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: A Replication Study

Abstract: Shang and Croson (2009) found that providing information about the donation decisions of others can have a positive impact on individual donations to public radio. In this study, we attempted to replicate their results, however, we found no evidence of that social comparisons affected donation decisions. Most of our donors were renewing members, a group which Shang and Croson also found were not influenced by social information.
 
Creation-date: 2015-03 
File-URL: http://www.econpapers.uaa.alaska.edu/RePEC/ala/wpaper/ALA201502.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Classification-JEL: D64, H41, C93, C90, L31
Keywords: Charitable giving; field experiment; philanthropy; public goods; social information; social comparison; experimental economics; nonprofit; charity

Publication-Status: Published in Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 18. Cary Deck, Enrique Fatas and Tanya Rosenblat, editors.  Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Number: 2014-02
Handle: RePEc:ala:wpaper:2015-02