David Reinstein

David Reinstein is an academic economist and associate professor at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on determinants and motivators of charitable giving and other-regarding behavior.

David is currently working on an ESRC-funded research and impact project “Innovations in Effective Fundraising”, jointly with the Centre for Effective Altruism. He is helping to build a collaborative wiki (see innovationsinfundraising.org) to aggregate and organize information on “what works” in enhancing effective giving. He is also working with employers, charities and advocates to test and pilot “Give if You Win”, a fundraising tool arising from his latest research (see giveifyouwin.org).

Relevant peer-reviewed publications include “Does One Contribution Come at the Expense of Another? Empirical Evidence on Substitution between Charitable Donations”, “Reputation and Influence in Charitable Giving: An Experiment”, and “Efficient Consumer Altruism and Fair Trade”.