Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda

Lehrer, K. and Porter, C. (2018) Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda. Journal of International Development, 30 (1). pp. 80-101. ISSN 0954-1748

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Abstract

We play a dictator game in Uganda with students, civil servants and individuals from the private sector. In the game, participants divide a sum of money between themselves and a local charity. In a turning a ‘blind eye’ treatment, participants are first given the choice of knowing the identity of the recipient. Finally, participants are asked whether they wish to additionally donate their own money. Contrary to many experimental findings, the average donation of non-students (civil servants) is significantly lower than that of students. Very few individuals donate their own money, despite 30 per cent of participants donating the full endowment.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of International Development

Additional Information:

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lehrer, K., and Porter, C. ( 2018) Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda. J. Int. Dev., 30: 80– 101. doi: 10.1002/jid.3331. which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3331 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3303

Subjects:

?? charitable givingdictator gamephilanthropyugandadevelopmentgeography, planning and development ??

Departments:

Lancaster University Management School > Economics

ID Code:

135961

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

23 Aug 2019 08:45

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

16 Oct 2024 23:52

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/135961