Social Distance and Quality Ratings in Charity Choice

We would like to thank the Texas A\&M Humanities and Social Science Enhancement of Research Capacity Program, Texas A\&M College of Liberal Arts Seed Grant Program, and the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A\&M for providing generous financial support for our research. We have benefited from comments by Catherine Eckel, Ericka Farret, Jason Lindo, Steve Puller, and seminar participants at Chapman University, George Mason University, the University of California - San Diego, Washington State University, and conference presentations at 2013 Biennial Social Dilemmas Conference, the 2013 Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics, and the 2012 and 2013 North American Economic Science Association Meetings. We would also like to thank Xiaoyuan Wang and Jeremy West for helping to conduct the sessions. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.