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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"charitable donations"”.
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From Macro to Micro: A Study of the Impact of Stock Market Development and Behavioral Factors on Charitable Donations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
… area. Chapter 2: The Impact of Celebrities on Charitable Donations: A Controlled Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic The paper investigates the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements on charitable giving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants' donation decisions were compared after exposure …
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Is Religion "Just" Supernatural Agency, Social Support, or Meaning?
… exposure to a religious meaning system increased charitable donations more than exposure to a nonreligious meaning system (Study 3). Further, individual differences in beliefs moderated these and other effects, indicating that religion warrants attention at multiple levels. These studies offer the …
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A Case Study of the Challenger Learning Center of Greater Rochester
… generalized principles or characteristics of charitable donations to educational initiatives by the private sector. These characteristics could then be emphasized when approaching potential funders for corporate, foundation, or private donations. The author found that donors sought out …
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The Promotion of Global Humanitarianism in Britain, 1945-2000
… humanitarianism. The period saw the use of charitable donations to fund risky investments, the development of volunteer experiences for purchase and also the rise of the Reclaim the Streets movement that sought to rebel against both commodification and capitalism and acted as the foundation …
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Effective Altruism on Animal Activism — A Site of Ableism and Neoliberal Co-optation of Neurodivergence
… for maximizing the amount of good done through charitable donations targeting the most urgent social issues (MacAskill, 2016), including, according to effective altruists, animal welfare (Singer, 2015). Criticisms of EA have also emerged, particularly from progressive activists, academics, and …
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Essays on Public Good Contribution
… Chapter IV contains an empirical analysis of charitable donations by the elderly. Chapter II models the so-called ``corporate challenge gift'' used in real world fund-raising, and adopts the concept to voluntary contributions to public goods more generally. We model the process as a sequential …
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Mobilizing charity: non‐uniformed voluntary action during the First World War
… 20th centuries did not represent the zenith of charitable activity, this came during the war itself. Charitable donations rose to an all‐time peak and the scope and nature of charitable work shifted decisively. Far more working class activists, especially women became involved, though there were …
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Bayesian Approach Dealing with Mixture Model Problems
… example uses a survey data on the number of charitable donations. The second topic is related to the nonlinear mixed effects model (NLME). Typically a parametric NLME model requires strong assumptions which make the model less flexible and often are not satisfied in real applications. To …
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Conservation Easements: Providing Economic Incentive for the Conservation of Open Space and Farmland in the United States
… right value from their income tax as a charitable donation. This thesis compares the economic viability of a landholder that donates a Conservation Easement and invests the tax benefits, with that of a landholder that sells their land parcel to development interests. Further, this thesis …
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Three Essays in Behavioral Economics and Macroeconomics: Unraveling Celebrity Influence on Philanthropy, Racial Disparities in Donation Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia
… chapters. Two delve into behavioral aspects of charitable donations during the COVID-19 pandemic, investigating celebrity influence and racial disparities, as well as risk preferences. The third chapter shifts to macroeconomics, examining the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) …
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Mandatory corporate social responsibility in India: Motivations and effectiveness
… activities. The law specifies that these donations should be focused outwardly, to the benefit of society, and on local communities. It does not, however, provide any penalty to companies which do not meet their 2% mark, only requiring them to disclose the reasons for failing to comply. …
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Dharma and Difference in Dar es Salaam: the first Chinese Buddhist mission in Tanzania
… its volunteers, employees, and recipients of its charitable donations. I describe the tensions, conflicts and compromises that result from a monist value framework coming into contact with a value plural context. Chapter 5 describes Tanhua Temple’s relationships with the Chinese diaspora, …