Charitable giving under inequality aversion

Date

2010-05-01

Author

Derin Güre, Pınar
Uler, Neslihan

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We use General Social Survey data to test our theory's prediction that voluntary giving increases with inequality aversion for high income individuals, and that the opposite is true for low income individuals. We find strong support for our theoretical predictions. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Subject Keywords

Private provision of public goods, Charitable contributions, Nequality aversion

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32758

Journal

ECONOMICS LETTERS

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.026

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Department of Economics, Article

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P. Derin Güre and N. Uler, “Charitable giving under inequality aversion,” ECONOMICS LETTERS, vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 208–210, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32758.