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Get the happiness out–An online experiment on the causal effects of positive emotions on giving

Köbrich León, Anja
Schobin, Janosch

Our study provides new evidence on the impact of positive emotions on voluntary contributions to public goods in a natural setting. Using a lab-in-field experiment, we induce positive incidental emotions randomly and analyze their effects on donations using a dictator game with multiple beneficiaries. Although we find no significant overall effect of positive incidental emotions on donation levels, our results show a significant shift in the allocation of donations towards the host charity. These findings shed light on the complex role of emotions in donation behavior and can provide valuable insights for organizations seeking to increase charitable giving.

Sponsor
Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel Financial support for this project by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the funding priority “FONA 3 - Research for Sustainable Development”
Citation
In: Plos One Volume 18 / Issue 8 (2023-08-23) , S. ; eissn:1932-6203
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@article{doi:10.17170/kobra-202310098837,
  author    ={Köbrich León, Anja and Schobin, Janosch},
  title    ={Get the happiness out–An online experiment on the causal effects of positive emotions on giving},
  keywords ={300 and 330 and Experiment and Feldexperiment and Kausalität and Freiwilligkeit and geben and Spende and Glück and Gefühl},
  copyright  ={http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
  language ={en},
  journal  ={Plos One},
  year   ={2023-08-23}
}