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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459014603321

Titolo

The science of giving : experimental approaches to the study of charity / / edited by Daniel M. Oppenheimer, Christopher Y. Olivola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-23402-7

1-135-23403-5

1-283-04530-3

9786613045300

0-203-86597-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Society for judgment and decision making

Altri autori (Persone)

OlivolaChristopher Yves <1980->

OppenheimerDaniel M

Disciplina

179/.9

Soggetti

Charities - Psychological aspects

Charity - Psychological aspects

Generosity - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. The value of giving -- section 2. The impact of social factors -- section 3. The role of emotions -- section 4. Other important influences on charitable giving.

Sommario/riassunto

Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational data which cannot establish causal relationships. By contrast, the chapters in this book study charity using experimental methods in which the variables of interest are experimentally manipulated. As a result, it becomes possible to identify the causal factors that underlie giving, and to design effective interve