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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth

Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...

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Is altruism bad for cooperation?

Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 3, pp. 330-341

cooperation may be less than additive. Using a utility function embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional … contribution costs and punishment costs. The range over which altruism inhibits cooperation and reduces material payoffs is greater … support near efficient levels of contributions to a public good. Cooperation may also be supported if altruistic individuals …

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“Do the right thing:” The effects of moral suasion on cooperation

Dal Bó, Ernesto; Dal Bó, Pedro - In: Journal of Public Economics 117 (2014) C, pp. 28-38

moral messages interact to sustain cooperation. We also investigate the mechanisms through which moral suasion operates and …

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Voluntary versus enforced team effort

Keser, Claudia; Montmarquette, Claude - In: Games 2 (2011) 3, pp. 277-301

players to choose team remuneration in a series of laboratory experiments. This allows for high cooperation payoffs but also … provides individual free-riding incentives. Due to significant cooperation, we observe that, in team remuneration, participants …

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Chapter 30 Governing Social-Ecological Systems

Janssen, Marco A.; Ostrom, Elinor - In: Handbook of computational economics : volume 2, …, (pp. 1465-1509). 2006

Social-ecological systems are complex adaptive systems where social and biophysical agents are interacting at multiple temporal and spatial scales. The main challenge for the study of governance of social-ecological systems is improving our understanding of the conditions under which cooperative...

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Field Experiments: A Bridge Between Lab and Naturally-Occurring Data

list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Laboratory experiments have been used extensively in economics in the past several decades to lend both positive and normative insights into a myriad of important economic issues. This study discusses a related approach that has increasingly grown in prominence of late--field experiments. I...

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Promoting cooperation in resource dilemmas: Theoretical predictions and experimental evidence

Botelho, Anabela; Dinar, Ariel; Pinto, Lígia M. Costa; … - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 54 (2015) C, pp. 40-49

emergence of cooperation in the management of CPRs under environmental uncertainty. Benchmark predictions are derived from the …

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Altruism, moral norms and social approval : joint determinants of individual offset behavior

Blasch, Julia; Ohndorf, Markus - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 116 (2015), pp. 251-260

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Do people care about others' benefits from public goods? : an investigation based on inequity aversion model

Kong, Xiangwen; Yue, Chengyan; Lai, Yufeng - In: Group decision and negotiation 33 (2024) 1, pp. 55-86

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Sustaining cooperation in heterogeneous groups

Robbett, Andrea - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 132 (2016) 1, pp. 121-138

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