Fair Weather Avoidance: Unpacking Costs and Benefits in Replication of 'Avoiding the Ask'

If being asked to give to charity stimulates an emotional response, like empathy, that makes giving difficult to resist, a natural self-control mechanism might be to avoid being asked in the first place. We replicate a result from a field experiment that points to the role of empathy in giving. We

若被请求向慈善机构捐赠会触发共情（empathy）这类情绪反应，令捐赠行为难以抗拒，那么一种自然的自我控制机制或许会是从一开始就避免被提出此类捐赠请求。我们复现了一项实地实验（field experiment）的研究结论，该结论指向共情在捐赠行为中的作用。