The Effect of Effectiveness: Donor Response to Aid Effectiveness in a Direct Mail Fundraising Experiment
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- Karlan, Dean & Wood, Daniel H., 2017. "The effect of effectiveness: Donor response to aid effectiveness in a direct mail fundraising experiment," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 1-8.
- Karlan, Dean & Wood, Daniel H., 2014. "The effect of effectiveness: Donor response to aid effectiveness in a direct mail fundraising experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 9941, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Karlan, Dean S. & Wood, Daniel, 2014. "The effect of effectiveness: Donor response to aid effectiveness in a direct mail fundraising experiment," Center Discussion Papers 166682, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
- Dean Karlan & Daniel Wood, 2014. "The Effect of Effectiveness: Donor Response to Aid Effectiveness in a Direct Mail Fundraising Experiment," Working Papers 1038, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
- Karlan, Dean & Wood, Daniel, 2015. "The Effect of Effectiveness: Donor Response to Aid Effectiveness in a Direct Mail Fundraising Experiment," Working Papers 130, Yale University, Department of Economics.
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JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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