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Economics

The Behavioral Economics of Charitable Giving and Altruism

Quick fact

People often give more when donations are publicly observable, even if their underlying altruism is unchanged—a single experiment showed that publicizing giving increased donations by 30%.

Why this is interesting

Why do we donate to a stranger's crowdfunding campaign but hesitate to give the same amount to a large charity?