... in the available supply of funds. This understanding of the prohibition of interest is integrated into the biblical system of charity and some examples are provided of the applicability of the biblical laws of lending to present day issues. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Inequality Charities Religion Books...

... has an obligation to alleviate poverty. Hobbes (1991) says that: … whereas many men, by accident inevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour, they ought not to be left to the charity of private persons, but to be provided for, as far forth as the necessities of nature require...

... to be income‐inelastic but highly price‐elastic. Thus, lowering the price of giving through tax incentives can be very effective in encouraging private donations to charity. Before describing the model and its estimation, some comments on the quality of the data set are in order. Like many previous studies...

... of giving and characteristics of the charities such as size and age. Government social expenditures are found to cause some crowding‐out of private donations. The results imply that the government can reduce its direct role in providing social services, and at the same time meet the rising demand through...