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Has the gift-giving-as-signaling hypothesis been empirically tested? The test seems rather easy--just compare giving under normal and anonymous conditions. If giving is reduced in the latter case (as I expect it would be), we conclude that signaling is a factor.

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Some people have a rather different view of Mother Teresa.

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