The charity tax

The estimated social pressure cost of saying no to a solicitor is $3.5 for an in-state charity and $1.4 for an out-of-state charity. Our welfare calculations suggest that our door-to-door fund-raising campaigns on average lower utility of the potential donors.

That's from Stefano DellaVigna, John List, and Ulrike Malmendier.  You'll find an ungated copy here.

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