Framing in multiple public goods games and donation to charities

Maciel Cardoso F. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Meloni S. ; Gracia-Lázaro C. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Antonioni A. ; Cuesta J.A. ; Sánchez A. ; Moreno Y. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The vast amount of research devoted to public goods games has shown that contributions may be dramatically affected by varying framing conditions. This is particularly relevant in the context of donations to charities and non-governmental organizations. Here, we design a multiple public goods experiment by introducing five types of funds, each differing in the fraction of the contribution that is donated to a charity. We found that people contribute more to public goods when the associated social donations are presented as indirect rather than as direct donations. At the same time, the fraction of the donations devoted to charity is not affected by the framing. We have also found that, on average, women contribute to public goods and donate to charity significantly more than men. These findings are of potential interest to the design of social investment tools, in particular for charities to ask for better institutional designs from policy makers.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.202117

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Royal Society Open Science 8, 5 (2021), [13 pp.]
ISSN: 2054-5703

Factor impacto JCR: 3.653 (2021)

Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 30 / 74 = 0.405 (2021) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.758 - Multidisciplinary (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/317532/EU/Foundational Research on MULTIlevel comPLEX networks and systems/MULTIPLEX
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/640772/EU/Distributed Global Financial Systems for Society/DOLFINS
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU-AEI-FEDER/PACSS-RTI2018-093732-B-C22
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU-FEDER/PGC2018-098186-B-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/FIS2017-87519-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/MDM-2017-0711

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)