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Chapter 24 Selfishness, altruism and normative principles in the economic analysis of social transfers
Blanchet, Didier; Fleurbaey, Marc - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1465-1503). 2006
This chapter examines the role of altruistic motives in the economic analysis of public social transfers, both from a positive and from a normative point of view. The positive question is to know whether we can fully neglect altruistic considerations to explain the development or sustainability...
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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? : an experimental study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013
consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can …
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Greedy and selfish? : differences in fairness preferences of prospective lawyers and managers
Mertins, Vanessa; Warning, Susanne - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung : ZfP 28 (2014) 4, pp. 410-431
. Empirical evidence, however, is sparse. Using data from an experiment with 359 law and business administration students, we …
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Chapter 35 Equity in health
Williams, Alan; Cookson, Richard - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1863-1910). 2000
when discussing distributive justice. Here however we have distinguished notions of justice which are essentially … implications of various philosophical theories of justice for the way in which a welfare economist might appraise a particular …
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Anti-social norms
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Guerra, José-Alberto; Robinson, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Since formal rules can only partially reduce opportunistic behavior, third-party sanctioning to promote fairness is critical to achieving desirable social outcomes. Social norms may underpin such behavior, but they can also undermine it. We study one such norm the "don't be a toad" norm, as it...
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Let the market decide : an experimental study of competition and fairness
Bartling, Björn; Grieder, Manuel; Zehnder, Christian - 2014
Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers. Sellers who feel shortchanged can engage in counterproductive behavior to punish the buyer. We find that the same unfavorable terms of trade...
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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 concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective …
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Chapter 23 Strong reciprocity and the welfare state
Fong, Christina M.; Bowles, Samuel; Gintis, Herbert - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1439-1464). 2006
due to their endorsement of an empirically implausible theory of selfish human motivation. Drawing on anthropological …
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Other-regarding preferences and redistributive politics
Epper, Thomas; Fehr, Ernst; Senn, Julien - 2020
Increasing inequality and associated egalitarian sentiments have again put redistribution on the political agenda. Support for redistribution may also be affected by altruistic and egalitarian preferences, but knowledge about the distribution of these preferences in the broader population and...
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Tacit collusion under fairness and reciprocity
İriş, Doruk; Santos-Pinto, Luís - In: Games 4 (2013) 1, pp. 50-65
This paper departs from the standard profit-maximizing model of firm behavior by assuming that firms are motivated in part by personal animosity–or respect–towards their competitors. A reciprocal firm responds to unkind behavior of rivals with unkind actions (negative reciprocity), while at...
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