The authors present an overview of the academic literature on charitable giving based on a
literature review of more than 500 articles. They structure their review around the central …

Society's demands for individual and corporate social responsibility as alternative responses
to market and distributive failures are becoming increasingly prominent. We draw on recent …

We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual
altruism and greed with concerns for social reputation or self-respect. Rewards or …

The authors examine how a reference to an unrelated product in the choice context affects
consumers' likelihood of donating to charity. Building on research on self-signaling, the …

Six experiments examined the effects of thank-you gifts on charitable giving. Results indicate
that although people expect that the offer of thank-you gifts will increase donations, such …

We present an overview of theories and research on charitable giving in economics,
sociology, social psychology, and marketing from the past 50 years (1955-2005). We identify …

This study is the first to investigate charitable giving to as many as 64 different organizations,
predicting what type of charitable organization receives donations from which particular …

The aim of this paper is to analyze patterns of private individual giving to cultural heritage
institutions in Italy. Based on the emerging economic literature on prosocial behavior, we …

Charitable giving is the voluntary donation of money to (representatives of) charitable
organizations, which mainly benefit those other than oneself and one's own family. In the …

How does organizational higher purpose affect employee behavior and firm output? We
develop an optimal-contracting model which shows that pursuing organizational higher …