TY - JOUR
T1 - Do grants to charities crowd out other income? Evidence from the UK
AU - Andreoni, James
AU - Payne, Abigail
AU - Smith, Sarah L
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We use a novel identification strategy to shed light on the effect of grant funding. We focus on charities that applied to a UK lottery grant program. Where charities score the same on formal criteria, it is likely that informal criteria orthogonal to quality are used to break the ties, allowing us plausibly to treat a grant as a random event. We find evidence that grants have a positive impact for smaller charities, increasing their longevity and even crowding in other income.
AB - We use a novel identification strategy to shed light on the effect of grant funding. We focus on charities that applied to a UK lottery grant program. Where charities score the same on formal criteria, it is likely that informal criteria orthogonal to quality are used to break the ties, allowing us plausibly to treat a grant as a random event. We find evidence that grants have a positive impact for smaller charities, increasing their longevity and even crowding in other income.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.10.005
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
SN - 0047-2727
ER -