How do monetary incentives influence giving? An empirical investigation of matching subsidies on kiva

• Main Authors: GAO, Zhiyuan, GUO, Zhiling, TANG, Qian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Monetary incentives; Crowdfunding; Prosocial lending; Matching subsidies; Generalized diference-in-diference; Databases and Information Systems; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6617; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7620/viewcontent/Gao2021_Article_HowDoMonetaryIncentivesInfluen__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Matching subsidies, through which third-party institutions provide a dollar-for-dollar match of private contributions made through selected campaigns, have served as effective tools to boost fundraising. We utilize a quasi-experiment on a prosocial crowdfunding platform to examine the effectiveness...