Why do People Give?

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A Field Experiment in Charitable Contribution: The Impact of Social Information on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods (2009, background): “…of charitable donations and public good provision, social information has been studied by both economists – for reviews, see Andreoni (2006), Davis and Holt (1993), Vesterlund (2006) – and psychologists – for reviews see Cialdini and Goldstein (2004), Penner et al. (2005), Weber et al. (2004).”
A conceptualized investment model of crowdfunding (2013, background): “Some examples of resources on the reasoning behind donations are Van Slyke and Brooks (2005), Vesterlund (2006) and Aaker and Akutsu (2009).”
Who gives? A literature review of predictors of charitable giving. Part two: gender, marital status, income, and wealth (2012, neutral): “…O’Neill et al, 1996; Andreoni and Scholz, 1998; Duquette, 1999; Long, 2000; Tiehen, 2001; Eschholz and Van Slyke, 2002; Apinunmahakul and Devlin, 2004; Hrung, 2004; Wu et al, 2004; Brooks, 2005; Chang, 2005b; Van Slyke and Brooks, 2005; Brown and Ferris, 2007; Feldman, 2007; Wilhelm et al, 2008).”
Gender differences in charitable giving (2011, background): “Other researchers have found differences between men and women in religious motives (Van Slyke & Brooks, 2005), personal values (Bennett, 2003), and social norms (Croson et al., 2009).”
Empathy as added value in predicting donation behavior (2011, result): “E-mail address: Dirk.VandenPoel@UGent.be (D. Van den Poel).”