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Article
Perroni, C, Scharf, K, Talavera, O & Vi, L 2022, 'Does online salience predict charitable giving? Evidence from SMS text donations', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 197, pp. 134-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.02.015
Almunia, M, Guceri, I, Lockwood, B & Scharf, K 2020, 'More giving or more givers? The effects of tax incentives on charitable donations in the UK', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 183, 104114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104114
Perroni, C, Pogrebna, G, Sandford, S & Scharf, K 2019, 'Are donors afraid of core costs? Economies of scale and contestability in charity markets', The Economic Journal, vol. 129, no. 622, pp. 2608–2636. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uez006
Lapointe, S, Perroni, C, Scharf, K & Tukiainen, J 2018, 'Does market size matter for charities?', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 168, pp. 127-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.10.003
Giovanniello, MA, Perroni, C, Scharf, K & Slivinski, A 2018, 'Non-discriminatory donation relief and strategic commitment under political competition', European Journal of Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.10.002
Scharf, K & Smith, S 2016, 'Relational Altruism and Giving in Social Groups', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 141, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.06.001
Ng, I, Scharf, K, Pogrebna, G & Maull, R 2015, 'Contextual Variety, Internet-of-Things and the choice of Tailoring over Platform: Mass Customisation Strategy in Supply Chain Management', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 159, pp. 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.09.007
Scharf, K & Smith, S 2015, 'The Price Elasticity of Charitable Giving: Does the Form of Tax Relief Matter?', International Tax and Public Finance, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 330-352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-014-9306-3
Scharf, K 2014, 'Impure prosocial motivation in charity provision: Warm-glow charities and implications for public funding', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 114, pp. 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.10.002
Scharf, K 2014, 'Private Provision of Public Goods and Information Diffusion in Social Groups', International Economic Review, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 1019-1042. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12081
Horstmann, IJ, Besley, T, Brett, C, Coate, S, Cornes, R, Davies, J, Hines, J, Perroni, C, Slivinski, A, Wintrobe, R & Scharf, K 2008, 'A theory of distributional conflict, voluntarism and segregation', Economic Journal, vol. 118, no. 527, pp. 427-453. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02128.x
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Scharf, K & Smith, S 2018, Donations and Disaster Relief. in K Scharf & M Tonin (eds), The Economics of Philanthropy: Donations and Fundraising. CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press.
Scharf, K 2017, Individual Fundraising: The Power of the Personal. in J Costa-Font & M Macis (eds), Social Economics: Current and Emerging Avenues. CESifo Seminar Series, no. 9, vol. 6, MIT Press, London, pp. 305-322.
Scharf, K & Smith, S 2016, Charitable Donations and Tax Relief in the UK. in G Fack & C Landais (eds), Charitable Giving and Tax Policy: A Historical and Comparative Perspective., 5, Oxford University Press, Oxford. <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/charitable-giving-and-tax-policy-9780198723660?cc=gb&lang=en&#>
Editorial
Davies, RB, LaLumia, S & Scharf, K 2020, 'Editorial Note', International Tax and Public Finance, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 493-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-020-09601-w
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