INTER-CHARITY COMPETITION AND EFFICIENCY: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving

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While insights into optimal fundraising strategies inform the debate on whether fundraising is valuable to non-profits seeking to maximize their charitable income, they do not speak to questions related to production efficiency or the optimal size and shape of the sector. Answering these questions requires a broader perspective. We argue that such a broader perspective must take into account the implications of inter-charity competition and donor responses for (i) the distribution of donations across charitable causes, across time and in aggregate; (ii) the technological choices charities make when deciding on how to convert donations and other inputs in the production of charitable outputs; and (iii) the structure of charitable markets. Using the insights from (i)–(iii), we then discuss the scope of government policies and tax incentives.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy
EditorsHenry Peter, Giedre Lideikyte Huber
Number of pages19
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherTaylor and Francis Inc.
Publication date01.01.2021
Pages325-343
ISBN (print)9780367688271
ISBN (electronic)9781000514216, 9781003139201
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Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2021
Externally publishedYes

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