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Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, and donor's trust: dataset

Adena, Maja; Alizade, Jeyhun; Bohner, Frauke
WZB - Berlin Social Science Center. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1.2121
Abstract: Supporting data for the article "Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, and donor's trust: experimental evidence". In an experiment, we test the impact of quality certificates on donations to a charity. Compared to the control group, participants presented with a quality certificate chose higher donations by around 10% and reported higher trust towards the same charity. The choice of donation values over time shows strong persistence such that the difference between the two groups remained even after all participants were informed about the certificate. Since the initiall ... more
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License: CC BY 4.0: Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de)
Subject area: [Economics [=] Microeconomics]
Topics: quality | certification | non-profit-organization | experiment | altruistic behavior

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2017-01-30; 2017-02-08
Mode of Data Collection: Experiment
Notes: For anonymization purposes, the variable "age" has been set to missing.

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Adena, Maja; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung | Alizade, Jeyhun; Princeton University | Bohner, Frauke; Universität Berlin (Humboldt-Universität) | Harke, Julian; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung | Mesters, Fabio; Universität Berlin (Humboldt-Universität)
Publication year: 2019
DOI: 10.7802/1.2121
Study number: SDN-10.7802-1.2121
Publisher: WZB - Berlin Social Science Center

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1.2121

Reference publications

Publications: Adena, Maja; Alizade, Jeyhun; Bohner, Frauke; Harke, Julian; Mesters, Fabio (2019): Quality certification for nonprofits, charitable giving, and donor's trust: Experimental evidence. In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 159, pp. 75-100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.01.007

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Adena, Maja, Alizade, Jeyhun, Bohner, Frauke, Harke, Julian, & Mesters, Fabio (2019). Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, and donor's trust: dataset. WZB - Berlin Social Science Center. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1.2121.

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