Information, Competition, and the Quality of Charities

32 Pages Posted: 19 May 2015

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Silvana Krasteva

Texas A&M University

Huseyin Yildirim

Duke University - Department of Economics

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Date Written: May 16, 2015

Abstract

We propose a model of charity competition in which informed giving alone can explain quality heterogeneity across similar charities. It is this heterogeneity that also creates the demand for information. In equilibrium, too few donors pay to be informed; but interestingly, informed giving may increase with the cost of information. This is true if the charitable market is highly competitive or if private consumption is a strong substitute to giving -- both of which are supported by evidence.

Keywords: informed giving, quality of charity, competition, all-pay auctions

JEL Classification: H00, H30, H50

Suggested Citation

Krasteva, Silvana Simeonova and Yildirim, Huseyin, Information, Competition, and the Quality of Charities (May 16, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2607251 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2607251

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