Price Elasticities of Charitable Giving across Donation Sectors in Canada: Is the Tax Incentive Effective?

Table 5

Comparison of price elasticities of donation expenditure estimates across similar studies.

Studies/authors	All sectors	Religion	Health	Social services	Education	International
Present study (Canada)	−1.68	−0.81	−1.49	−1.71	—	−2.21
Brooks (USA, 2007) [2]	−2.70	−1.16	−0.58	−1.33	−1.21	—
Chang (Taiwan, 2005) [4]	−5.25	−6.32	−1.38	−4.99	−3.36	—
Kitchen and Dalton (Canada, 1990) [11]	−1.07	−2.37	—	—	—	—
Kitchen (Canada, 1992) [12]	−2.29	—	—	—	—	—