James Andreoni, UCSD
Links to Publications
NSF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2020-2023
“Economics
of Philanthropic Tax Incentives,” with Sarah Smith, to appear in H. Peter, and
G. Lideikyte-Huber, Eds. Routledge Handbook of
Taxation and Philanthropy, London, October 2021.
“The Pledging Puzzle:
How Can Revocable Promises Increase Charitable Giving?” with Marta Serra-Garcia,
in press, Management Science, 2021.
“Higher socioeconomic status does
not predict decreased prosocial behavior in a field experiment." with Nikos Nikiforakis and Jan Stoop. Nature
Communications, 12, 1, 2021: 1-8.
“Predicting Social
Tipping and Norm Change in Controlled Experiments." with Nikos
Nikiforakis and Simon Siegenthaler, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences 118, no. 16, 2021.
“Time Inconsistent
Charitable Giving." with Marta Serra-Garcia. Journal of Public Economics, l98, June
2021.
“When Fair Isn't Fair: Understanding
Choice Reversals Involving Social Preferences." with Deniz Aydin,
Blake Barton, B. Douglas Bernheim, and Jeffrey Naecker.
Journal of Political Economy, 128(5), 1673-1711, (2020).
“Fooling Myself or Fooling Observers?
Avoiding Social Pressures by Manipulating Perceptions of Deservingness of
Others" with Alison Sanchez, Economic Inquiry, January 2020, 58
(1), 12-133.
“Risk Preferences of
Children and Adolescents in Relation to Gender, Cognitive Skills, Soft Skills, and
Executive Functions." with Amalia Di Girolamo, John List, Claire
Mackevicius, and Anya Samek. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,
179, 729-742,(2020).
2016-2019
“Toward an understanding of the
development of time preferences: Evidence from field experiments." with
Michael A. Kuhn, John A. List, Anya Samek, Kevin Sokald,
and Charles Sprenger. Journal of Public Economics, 177, September,
(2019).
“Effects of the TCJA on Itemization
Status and Charitable Deductions” with Jon Durnford, Tax Notes, August
2018.
“Building Rational Cooperation on Their
Own: Learning to Start Small,” with Michael A. Kuhn, and Larry Samuelson, Journal
of Public Economic Theory 2018. Appendix.
“Satisfaction Guaranteed: When
Moral Hazard meets Moral Preferences.”
American Economic Journal:
Microeconomics, November 2018. Appendix
“The Benefits and Costs of Donor-Advised
Funds,” Tax Policy and the Economy,
NBER & University of Chicago Press, 2018, volume 32, 1, 1–44.
“Avoiding the Ask: A Field Experiment on Altruism,
Empathy, and Charitable Giving.'' with Justin M. Rao, and Hannah Trachtman, Journal of Political Economy, June 2017,
v 125, no. 3.
"All Pay Auctions and
Group Size: Grading on a Curve and other Applications." with Andy
Brownback, Journal of
Economic Behavior and Organization, May 2017, 147, 361-373.
"Diversity and Donations:
The Effect of Religious and Ethnic Diversity on Charitable Giving."
with A. Abigail Payne, Justin Smith, and David Karp, Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organization, 2016, vol 128, 47-58.
2012-2015
"Measuring Time Preferences: A Comparison of Experimental Methods." with Michael Kuhn and Charles Sprenger, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 451-464.
"Gunning for efficiency with third party enforcement in threshold public goods." with Laura K. Gee, Experimental Economics (2014): 1-18.
"Do grants to charities crowd out other income? Evidence from the UK." with Sarah Smith and A. Abigail Payne, Journal of Public Economics, 114 (2014): 75-86.
“Charitable Giving.” with A. Abigail Payne, Chapter 1 in Handbook of Public Economics, Volume 5, (Amsterdam: North Holland), Alan Auerbach, Raj Chetty, Martin Feldstein, Emmanuel Saez, editors, 2013, 1-50.
"Estimating Time Preferences
from Convex Budgets." with Charles Sprenger, American Economic
Review, 2012, 102(7): 3333-56.
*Subjects Instructions for Computer Version.
"Risk Preferences are Not Time
Preferences: with Charles Sprenger, January 2012, American
Economic Review, 2012, 102(7): 3357-76.
"Gun For Hire: Delegated
Enforcement and Peer Punishment in Public Goods Provision", with Laura
K. Gee, Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (11-12),
1036-1046. Appendix:
Instructions Appendix: Proofs
Press Coverage: Vox
"Diverging Opinions." with
Tymofiy Mylovanov, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 4.1 (2012): 209-232.
2008-2011
"The Power of Asking: How
Communication Affects Selfishness, Empathy, and Altruism." with Justin
Rao, Journal of Public Economics , v. 95, 2011,
513-520.
Press Coverage: Freakonomics,
Vox, Wall
Street Journal
"Is Crowding Out Due
Entirely to Fundraising? Evidence from a Panel of Charities" with
A. Abigail Payne, revision, February 2009.
(Formerly titled "Crowding out Both Sides of the Philanthropy
Market: Evidence from a Panel of Charities" ) Journal of Public
Economics, v. 95, June 2011, 334-343.
Press Coverage: Newsweek
"Social Image and the
50-50 Norm: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Audience Effects." with
B. Douglas Bernheim. Econometrica, 77, no. 5, September 2009, 1607-1636.
*Subjects' Instructions. Supplemental Materials Old 2007 Version.
"Revealing Preferences for Fairness in
Ultimatum Bargaining: Parametric and Nonparametric Estimates of Utility'' Marco
Castillo and Ragan Petrie, Korean
Economic Review, 25, Summer 2009, 35-64.
*
Reviewed on NAJ Economics, 2005,
volume 9
*Proposers' Instructions, Responders' Instructions
for the Standard Game
* Non-Parametric
estimates of best-reply functions for all subjects.
"Beauty, Gender and Stereotypes:
Evidence From Laboratory Experiments." with
Ragan Petrie. Journal of Economic Psychology, v. 29, 2008, 73-93.
* Subjects'
Instructions for the Information-and-Photos condition.
"Partners versus Strangers: The Effect of Random Rematching in Public Goods Experiments." With Rachel Croson, in: C.R. Plott and V.L. Smith, editors, Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2008, p. 776-783.
"Analyzing Choice with Revealed
Preference: Is Altruism Rational?" with John Miller, in: C.R. Plott and V.L. Smith,
editors, Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1.
Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2008, p. 481-487
2004-2007
"Giving
Gifts to Groups: How Altruism Depends on the Number of Recipients" Journal
of Public Economics, v. 91, September 2007,1731-1749 pdf
*Subjects' Instructions for reciprocal
matching and circular
matching conditions
*Appendix table
with CES estimates for each subject
"Twenty Surprising Years of BBV", Guest Editor's introduction to J. Andreoni and R. Kanbur, Eds., Special Issue Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Bergstrom, Blume, and Varian's 'On the Private Provision of Public Goods.' Journal of Public Economics, v. 91, September 2007, 1643-1644. pdf
"Asymmetric Information
about Rivals’ Types in Standard Auctions: An
Experiment." with Yeon-Koo Che and Jinwoo Kim,
Games and Economic Behavior, v. 59, 2007, 240-259. pdf
*Subjects'
Instructions: 1st Price
Auction, 2nd Price
Auction
"Charitable Giving." prepared for The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2007 pdf
"Altruism in Experiments." with William T. Harbaugh and Lise Vesterlund, prepared for The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2007 pdf
"Testing Subgame
Perfection Apart From Fairness in Ultimatum
Games." with Emily Blanchard, Experimental Economics, v 9,
December 2006, 307-321. pdf
*
Subjects' Instructions: regular, round-robin, tournament
"Philanthropy." in S-C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier, eds., Handbook of Giving, Reciprocity and Altruism, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2006, page 1201-1269. Link to Science Direct
"Building Rational
Cooperation" with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Economic Theory,
127, 2006, p 117-154. pdf
* Subjects' Instructions.
* Reviewed
on NAJ Economics, 2003, volume 6 Subjects'
Instructions.
"Leadership Giving in Charitable Fund-Raising." Journal of Public Economic Theory, 8 (1), 2006, 1-22. pdf
"Book Review: What Price the Moral High Ground?, by Robert Frank." Journal of Economic Literature, September 2005.
"Experimental Approaches to Public Economics: Guest Editors' Introduction." Journal of Public Economics, 89, 2005, 1355-1359. pdf
"Public Goods Experiments Without Confidentiality: A Glimpse Into Fund-Raising." with Ragan Petrie. Journal of Public Economics, 88(7-8), 2004, 1605-1623. pdf Subjects' Instructions for the Information-and-Photos condition.
2000-2003
"What do
Bargainers' Preferences Look Like? Exploring a Convex Ultimatum Game."
with Marco Castillo and Ragan Petrie. American Economic Review, 93(3),
June 2003, 672-685. pdf
Subjects' Instructions: Convex Game or Regular Game.
"Do
Government Grants to Private Charities Crowd Out Giving or Fundraising?" with Abigail Payne, August 2001. American
Economic Review, 93(3), June 2003, 792-812. pdf
"The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments and Cooperation." with
William T. Harbaugh and Lise Vesterlund, American Economic Review, 93(3),
June 2003, 893-902. pdf
Subjects' Instructions
for Carrot-Stick condition.
"Charitable Giving by Married Couples: Who Decides and Why Does it
Matter?" with Eleanor Brown and Isaac Rischall, Journal
of Human Resources, 38(1), Winter 2003, 111-133. pdf Appendix Tables
"What Makes an Allocation Fair? Some Experimental Evidence." with
Paul Brown and Lise Vesterlund, Games and Economic Behavior, 40, July
2002, 1-24. pdf data.
"Giving According to GARP: An Experimental Test of the Consistency of
Preferences for Altruism.'' with J.H.Miller, Econometrica,
v. 70, no.2, March 2002, 737-753. pdf
Subjects' Instructions Technical Appendix. data.
"The Economics of Philanthropy.'' in N. Smeltser,
P. Baltes, eds., International Encyclopedia of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier: Oxford, 2001, 11369-11376. pdf
"The Simple Analytics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve." with Arik
Levinson, Journal of Public Economics, v. 80, May 2001, 269-286. pdf
"Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism.'' with Lise
Vesterlund, Quarterly Journal of Economics, v.116, February 2001,
293-312. pdf data.
subjects' instructions.
1996-1999
"Pre-Play Contracting in the Prisoners' Dilemma.'' with H.R.Varian, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, v.96, September 1999, 10933-10938. pdf data
(subjects' instructions are in the appendix to the paper).
"Toward a Theory of Charitable Fundraising.'' Journal of Political
Economy, v.106, no.6, December 1998, 1186-1213. pdf
"An Econometric Analysis of Charitable Giving with Interdependent
Preferences.'' with J.K. Scholz. Economic Inquiry, v.36, July 1998,
410-428. pdf
"Tax Compliance.'' with B.Erard and J.Feinstein. Journal of Economic Literature, v.36,
June 1998, 818-860. pdf
[Reprinted
in S. James, ed., Taxation: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy,
Routledge: London 2002, Volume III, p.3-55]
"Do Government Subsidies Increase the Private Supply of Public Goods?''
with T.C. Bergstrom, Public Choice, v.88, no.3-4, 1996, 295-308. pdf
"Cooperation in Public Goods Experiments: Kindness or Confusion?'' American
Economic Review, v.85, no.4, September 1995, 891-904. pdf data
(subjects' instructions are in the appendix to the paper)
[Reprinted in T.Cowen and E.Crampton, eds., New Theories in Market Failure: A
Critical Examination, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002.]
1992-1995
"Auctions with Adaptive Artificial Agents.'' with J.H. Miller, Games
and Economic Behavior, v.10, no.1, 1995, 39-64. pdf
"Warm-Glow versus Cold-Prickle: The Effects of Positive and Negative
Framing on Cooperation in Experiments.'' Quarterly Journal of Economics,
v.110, no.1, February 1995, 1-21. pdf
data subjects'
instructions.
"Criminal Deterrence in the Reduced Form: A New Perspective on Ehrlich's
Seminal Study.'' Economic Inquiry, v.33, no.3, 1995, 476-483. pdf
"Auction Experiments in Artificial Worlds.'' with J. H. Miller, Cuadernos Economicos,
special issue on experimental economics, M. Boldrin
and M. Santos, Eds., v.54, no.2, 1994, 211-221.
"An Experimental Test of the Public Goods Crowding-Out Hypothesis.'' American
Economic Review, v.83, no.5, December 1993, 1317-1327. pdf data
subjects' instructions.
"Identifying the Free Riders: A Simple Algorithm for Determining Who Will
Contribute to a Public Good,'' with Martin C. McGuire. Journal of Public
Economics, v.51, no.3, July 1993, 447-454. pdf
"Rational Cooperation in the Finitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma:
Experimental Evidence.'' with J.H.Miller. Economic
Journal, v.103, May 1993, 570-585. pdf
data. (subjects' instructions are in the appendix to
the paper)
"IRS as Loan Shark: Tax Compliance with Borrowing Constraints.'' Journal
of Public Economics, v.49, no.1, October 1992, 35-46. pdf
1988-1991
"Reasonable Doubt and the Optimal
Magnitude of Fines: Should the Penalty Fit the Crime?'' RAND Journal of
Economics, v.22, no.3, Autumn 1991, 385-395. pdf
"The Desirability of a Permanent Tax Amnesty.'' Journal of Public
Economics, v.45, no. 2, July 1991, 143-160. pdf
"Can Evolutionary Dynamics Explain Free Riding in Experiments?'' with J.H.Miller. Economics Letters, v.36, 1991,
9-15. pdf
"Impure Altruism and Donations to Public Goods: A Theory of Warm-Glow
Giving.'' Economic Journal, v.100, June 1990, 464-477. pdf
[Reprinted in N.Barr, ed., Economic
Theory and the Welfare State, London: Edward Elgar, 2001.]
"Giving with Impure Altruism: Applications to Charity and Ricardian
Equivalence.'' Journal of Political Economy, v.97, December 1989,
1447-58. pdf
"Why Free Ride? Strategies and Learning in Public Goods Experiments.'' Journal
of Public Economics, v.37, no. 3, December 1988, 291-304. pdf data. subjects' instructions
[Reprinted in E.L. Khalil, Trust: Critical Studies in
Economic Institutions, London: Edward Elgar, 2002.
Also reprinted in J.D.Hey and G.Loomes,
eds., Recent Developments in Experimental Economics, London: Edward
Elgar, 1993.]
"Privately Provided Public Goods in a Large Economy: The Limits of
Altruism.'' Journal of Public Economics, v.35, February 1988, 57-73. pdf
Notes and Comments:
"Comment" in
A.H. Munnell and A. Sunden,
ed., Death and Dollars: The Role of Gifts and Bequests in America,
Brookings Institution: Washington, D.C., 2003.
"Private Giving to Public Goods.'' Proceedings, from the 1987
Annual Conference of the National Tax Association-Tax Institute of America,
1988, 69-74. pdf
"Exact Consumer's Surplus and Deadweight Loss: A Comment.'' with R. Haveman and M. Gabay, American
Economic Review, v. 77, June 1987, 494-495. pdf