AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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William Harbaugh (University of Oregon)

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM

Session: Charitable Contributions -Theory and Experimental Evidence (AEA)

Presiding: John List (University of Chicago)

An Experimental Test of the Impure Altruism Model of Giving
Lise Vesterlund (University of Pittsburgh)
Mark Wilhelm (Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis)
Huan Xie (University of Pittsburgh)

Keeping Up with the Joneses: The Relationship between Norms, Social Information and Subsequent Charitable Giving
Rachel Croson (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
Femida Handy (School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania)
Jen Shang (Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University)

Neural responses to taxation and money predict charitable giving
William Harbaugh (University of Oregon)

To whom to give or not to give - On the Interaction of fundraising activities of charities
Andreas Lange (University of Maryland)

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