TY  - CHAP
AB  - To transform donations “in kind” into cash, charities of all sizes use auctions and raffles. Despite this, neither the theory nor the practice of efficient fund-raising – and, in particular, charity auctions – has received sufficient attention from economists, especially the fact that participation in fund-raisers is endogenous. We describe, in detail, the design and implementation of an experiment to examine 15 charity auction mechanisms. While some of the mechanisms have already received attention from both theorists and empiricists, ours is the first comprehensive examination of all existing mechanisms and the first to explore the potential of a few new formats. Our analysis focuses on participation differences among the formats and how theory and supplemental survey data can help explain some of these differences.
VL  - 13
SN  - 978-1-84950-768-4, 978-1-84950-769-1/0193-2306
DO  - 10.1108/S0193-2306(2010)0000013010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0193-2306(2010)0000013010
AU  - Carpenter Jeffrey
AU  - Holmes Jessica
AU  - Hans Matthews Peter
ED  - R. Mark Isaac
ED  - Douglas A. Norton
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Charity auctions in the experimental lab
T2  - Charity with Choice
T3  - Research in Experimental Economics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 201
EP  - 249
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -