Charitable giving and “excessive” fundraising
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Recently, some charities have been attacked for spending an “excessive” portion of their resources on fundraising. This paper shows how competition for donations can push fundraising shares to high levels even when donors dislike charities that spend a large portion of receipts on fundraising. It also considers a case in which donors take account of the productivity of fundraising in generating gifts from others. In the light of the models developed in the paper, a variety of regulatory strategies are assessed from the dissemination of information to the establishment of a federated fund drive.
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Nostalgia constitutes a subtle, noninvasive way to encourage donations.
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- Authors
- Rose-Ackerman, S.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1982-05
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 193
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2009564609
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Keywords
- charitable giving, fundraising, fundraising costs, donor preferences, charity regulation, information dissemination, nonprofit organizations
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