Professor KIMBERLEY SCHARF's Outputs (6)

Lift and Shift: The Effect of Fundraising Interventions in Charity Space and Time (2022)
Journal Article
Scharf, K., Smith, S., & Ottoni-Wilhelm, M. (2022). Lift and Shift: The Effect of Fundraising Interventions in Charity Space and Time. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(3), 296-321. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180679

Fundraising interventions may lift donations and/or shift their composition and timing. Using data rich in both the charity space and time dimensions, we find that major fundraising appeals lift donations to the appeal charity and that this increase... Read More about Lift and Shift: The Effect of Fundraising Interventions in Charity Space and Time.

Does online salience predict charitable giving? Evidence from SMS text donations (2022)
Journal Article
Perroni, C., Scharf, K., Talavera, O., & Vi, L. (2022). Does online salience predict charitable giving? Evidence from SMS text donations. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 197, 134-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.02.015

We explore the link between online salience and charitable donations. Using a unique dataset on phone text donations that includes detailed information on the timing of cash gifts to charities, we link donations to time variation in online searches f... Read More about Does online salience predict charitable giving? Evidence from SMS text donations.

Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving (2021)
Book Chapter
Lohse, J., & Sharf, K. (2021). Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving. In H. Peter, & G. L. Huber (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139201

While insights into optimal fundraising strategies inform the debate on whether fundraising is valuable to non-profits seeking to maximize their charitable income, they do not speak to questions related to production efficiency or the optimal size an... Read More about Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving.

More giving or more givers? The effects of tax incentives on charitable donations in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Almunia, M., Guceri, I., Lockwood, B., & Scharf, K. (2020). More giving or more givers? The effects of tax incentives on charitable donations in the UK. Journal of Public Economics, 183, Article 104114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104114

This paper estimates the effects of tax incentives on charitable contributions in the UK, using the universe of self-assessment income tax returns between 2005 and 2013. We exploit variation from a large reform in 2010 to estimate intensive- and exte... Read More about More giving or more givers? The effects of tax incentives on charitable donations in the UK.

Non-discriminatory donation relief and strategic commitment under political competition (2019)
Journal Article
Giovanniello, M. A., Perroni, C., Scharf, K., & Slivinski, A. (2019). Non-discriminatory donation relief and strategic commitment under political competition. European Journal of Political Economy, 58, 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.10.002

Tax relief for private donations towards the provision of collective goods can protect minorities from majority-driven outcomes in which tax revenues are exclusively used to finance the provision of public goods that are only valued by the majority.... Read More about Non-discriminatory donation relief and strategic commitment under political competition.

Are Donors Afraid of Core Costs? Economies of Scale and Contestability in Charity Markets* (2019)
Journal Article
Perroni, C., Pogrebna, G., Sandford, S., & Scharf, K. (2019). Are Donors Afraid of Core Costs? Economies of Scale and Contestability in Charity Markets*. Economic Journal, 129(622), 2608-2636. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uez006

We study contestability in charity markets where non-commercial, not-for-profit providers supply a homogeneous collective good through increasing-returns-to-scale technologies. Unlike in the case of for-profit competition, the absence of price-based... Read More about Are Donors Afraid of Core Costs? Economies of Scale and Contestability in Charity Markets*.