Research

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Hampton, D., Wiepking, P., Chapman, C., McHugh, L. H., Arnesen, D., Carrigan, C., Feit, G., Grönlund, H., Hrafnsdottir, S., Ivanova, N., Katz, H., Kim, S. J., Kristmundsson, Ó. H., Litofcenko, J., Mersianova, I., Neumayr, M., Pessi, A. B., Scaife, W., Sivesind, K. H., Vamstad, J., and Yang, Y. (online first). Philanthropy during COVID-19: Learnings and recommendations for philanthropic organizations navigating crisis. Online first in Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, e1814. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.1814.

Wiepking, P. (2021). The global study of philanthropy. Voluntas. 32, 194–203.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-020-00279-6

Chapman, C. M., Hornsey, M. J. & Gillespie, N. (2021). To what extent is trust a prerequisite for charitable giving? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640211003250

Wiepking, P., Handy, F. Park, S., Neumayr, M., Bekkers, R., Breeze, B., De Wit, A., Einolf, C., Gricevic, Z., Scaife, W., Bethmann, S., Breen, O., Kang, C., Katz, H., Krasnopolskaya, I.,  Layton, M., Mersiyanova, I., Lo, K., Osili, U., Birgitta Pessi, A., Sivesind, K., Yamauchi, N., Yang, Y. (2021). Global philanthropy: Does institutional context matter for charitable giving? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 50(4) 697 –728. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764021989444

Chapman, C. M., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2020). Identity motives in charitable giving: Explanations for charity preferences from a global donor survey. Psychology & Marketing, 37(9), 1277-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21362

Kim, S., & Jung, J. (2020). Korean nonprofit/non-government sector research: A literature review and analysis. Voluntaristics Review4(6), 1-71. https://doi.org/10.1163/24054933-12340031

Vamstad J., Sivesind K.H., Boje T.P. (2019) Giving in Scandinavia. In: Henriksen L., Strømsnes K., Svedberg L. (eds) Civic Engagement in Scandinavia. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies (An International Multidisciplinary Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98717-0_5

De Wit, A., Neumayr, M., Handy, F., & Wiepking, P. (2018). Do government expenditures shift private philanthropic donations to particular fields of welfare? Evidence from cross-country data. European Sociological Review, 34(1) 6-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcx086

Wiepking, P., & Handy F., (Eds.). (2015). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy. Palgrave Macmillan.

Van Leeuwen, M., & Wiepking, P. (2013). National campaigns for charitable causes: A literature review. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 42(2) 219-240. https://doi.​org/10.1177/0899764012467084

Scaife, W., Balczun, M., McGregor-Lowndes, M., Conroy, D., Barraket, J., Baker, C,. & Burns, W. (2019) Giving Australia 2016: A Summary. Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology.

Jakobson, L., Toepler, S. & Mersianova, I. (2018) Foundations in Russia: Evolving approaches to philanthropy. American Behavioral Scientist, 62(13) 1844-1868. https://doi.org/​10.1177/0002764218778089

Drezner, N., Greenspan, I., Katz, H., & G., Feit. (2016) Philanthropy in Israel 2016: Patterns of individual giving. The Institute for Law and Philanthropy, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University.

Kim, S., & Kou, X. (2014) Not all empathy is equal: How dispositional empathy affects charitable giving. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing 26 (4) 312-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/10495142.2014.965066

Scaife, W., Williamson, A., McDonald, K., & Smyllie, S. (2012) Foundations for Giving: Why and How Australians Structure Their Philanthropy. Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology.