Sure-thing vs. probabilistic charitable giving: Experimental evidence on the role of individual differences in risky and ambiguous charitable decision-making

Miguel Costa-Gomes; Philipp Schoenegger

PLOS ONE · 2022-09-22
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Title: Sure-thing vs. probabilistic charitable giving: Experimental evidence on the role of individual differences in risky and ambiguous charitable decision-making
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Original authors / creators: Miguel Costa-Gomes; Philipp Schoenegger
Original publication: PLOS ONE · Public Library of Science · 2022-09-22
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Evidence limits: UK Prolific online sample with small monetary stakes; not family-office evidence. Recruitment n=1,506, with exclusions and analysis-specific samples. The authors identify paired-choice indifference/selection problems, possible Final Choice order effects, inconclusive underpowered secondary treatments, exploratory equivalence/Bayesian analyses and limited generalizability. No causal conclusion that financial-risk profiling determines philanthropic preferences, no optimal grant allocation, and no measured advantage of the companion protocol. Corrected author order follows the 2024 publisher notice despite stale original metadata. The disclosed Forethought Foundation/Centre for Effective Altruism funding and fellowship relationship overlaps with the provenance of the charity recommendation set; funders are reported to have had no role in research or publication decisions.
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