Hedging by Giving: Spiritual Insurance and Religious Donations
Income shocks increase religious giving because donors use charity as a form of spiritual insurance; the paper combines bank transaction data with a large field experiment.
Yu-Jane Liu
Income shocks increase religious giving because donors use charity as a form of spiritual insurance; the paper combines bank transaction data with a large field experiment.
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