TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Garcia, Thomas
AU  - Massoni, Sebastien
AU  - Villeval, Marie Claire
        TI  - Ambiguity and Excuse-Driven Behavior in Charitable Giving
        PY  - 2019/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12869
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12869
        AB  - A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that individuals use this ambiguity strategically as a moral wiggle room to act less generously without feeling guilty. Such excuse-driven behavior is more pronounced when the costs of a donation – rather than its benefits – are ambiguous. However, the importance of excuse-driven behavior is comparable under ambiguity and under risk. Individuals exploit any type of uncertainty as an excuse not to give, regardless of the nature of this uncertainty.
        KW  - ambiguity
KW  - excuse-driven behavior
KW  - social preferences
KW  - charitable giving
KW  - experiment
        ER  -