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TOPIC: | DIFFERENTIATED PUBLIC GOODS |
ABSTRACTA model of differentiated public goods helps resolve all three empirical puzzles regarding charity donations documented in Andreoni’s (1988) “The Limits of Altruism”. Government contributions to charitable activities can even crowd in, instead of crowd out, private giving. A diverse society is conceptually different from a polarized one, with more (less) charity donations in the former (latter) than in a homogeneous society. Like any profit-seeking entrepreneurs, activist entrepreneurs also face a product-design problem of how to package differentiated public goods into bundles to maximize donations. Keywords:Public goods, altruism, crowding in, diversity, polarization, product design, bundling. JEL Codes:D64, H41 Click here to view the CV. Click here to view the paper. | |  | PRESENTERKim Sau Chung Hong Kong Baptist University | RESEARCH FIELDSPolitical Economy Economic Theory | DATE:2 April 2024 (Tuesday) | TIME:4pm - 5.30pm | VENUE:Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903 |
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