Deadlines, Procrastination, and Inattention in Charitable Giving: A Field Experiment

Stephen Knowles (), Maroš Servátka () and Trudy Sullivan ()
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Maroš Servátka: Department of Economics and Finance, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Trudy Sullivan: Department of Economics, University of Otago, New Zealand
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No 1501, Working Papers from University of Otago, Department of Economics

Abstract: We conduct a field experiment to analyze the effect of deadline length on charitable giving. Subjects are invited to complete an online survey, with a donation going to charity if they do so. Participants are given either one week, one month or no deadline by which to respond. Donations are lower for the one month deadline, than for the other two treatments, consistent with the model of inattention developed in Taubinsky (2014) and also with the idea that not specifying a deadline conveys urgency.

Keywords: charitable giving; deadline effects; procrastination; inattention; field experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2014-03, Revised 2014-03
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