The Choose-your-Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving

Aaron S. Edlin, UC Berkeley

Summary

Why don’t people give more to charity? One reason is that the problems will be there whether individuals give or not. Here is a policy--inspired by the matching grants that charities use so effectively--that could actually make a real difference.

Recommended Citation

Edlin, Aaron S. (2005) "The Choose-your-Charity Tax: A Way to Incentivize Greater Giving," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 2 : Iss. 3, Article 3.
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3832.1022
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol2/iss3/art3

 
 
 
 

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