Visibility/publicity
Publicize (larger) donations and the donors, make these visible to other donors automatically or by default (allowing opt-out); make this natural and encourage this.
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Category: Social
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Relevant theories: Social signaling, Reputation-seeking/prestige
Type of evidence: Causal-observational (IV etc), Field-exp-charity
Evidence strength (ad hoc assessment): 8
Main findings
Varied evidence that people 'sometimes' donate more when donations are visible (esp males) or when told of recognition possibility; larger amounts (Alpizar ea)
Discussion
Practical relevance
Not a superpower; all charities can do this. However, the EA community is perhaps strong. Public pledges (Giving Pledge, GWWC…)
Use cases
Charity science p2p events
Prevalence:
Key papers
Secondary papers
Contributors David Reinstein
Discussion