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  • Behavioral Economics
  • Experimental Economics
  • Decision Science

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  • Understanding factors influencing charitable giving is crucial.
  • Previous research often lacks direct experimental control over recipient need and identifiability.
  • Charity-like lotteries present a unique paradigm for studying resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how recipient neediness and identifiability affect donor investment in charity-like lotteries.
  • To introduce and analyze a novel experimental game, the 'need game', to study these influences.
  • To explore the impact of varying need levels and recipient identification methods on donor behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Development and implementation of the 'need game', a two-player experimental setup.
  • Manipulation of recipient need levels (ND, NR) and identifiability (text, picture, physical presence).
  • Analysis of donor investment decisions considering covariates like framing, probabilities, and time limits.

Main Results:

  • Recipient need significantly impacts donor investment in charity lotteries.
  • Increased recipient identifiability leads to altered donor resource allocation.
  • Framing, win/loss probabilities, and time constraints also play a role in investment decisions.

Conclusions:

  • Both the neediness and identifiability of a recipient are critical determinants of donor behavior in charity lotteries.
  • The 'need game' provides a valuable tool for dissecting the psychological drivers of charitable giving.
  • Future research should consider these multifaceted factors when modeling charitable contributions.