The science of giving experimental approaches to the study of charity
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Psychology Press
2011.
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| Colección: | The Society for Judgment and Decision Making Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797953506719 |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135234027 9781135234034 9781283045308 9786613045300 9780203865972 |
