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Reciprocity, materialism and welfare : an evolutionary model

Poulsen, Anders (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001614244

Evolution of reciprocal, materialistic and altruistic preferences in an environment of prisoner's dilemma games

Poulsen, Anders (contributor); Poulsen, Odile (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001756196

The survival and welfare implications of altruism when preferences are endogenous

Poulsen, Anders (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001756200

Parental altruism under imperfect information: theory and evidence

Villanueva, Ernesto - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2003

Understanding if altruism motivates intergenerational monetary transfers is crucial to assess the effectiveness of … public policies that redistribute income across generations. Previous works have rejected the altruism hypothesis. This paper … presents an altruism model that incorporates effort of the child and introduces imperfect information of parents about the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547132

Fiscal policy, composition of intergenerational transfers, and income distribution

Alonso-Carrera, Jaime; Caballé, Jordi; Raurich, Xavier - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2009

In this paper, we characterize the relationship between the initial distribution of human capital and physical inheritances among individuals and the long-run distribution of these two variables. In a model with indivisible investment in education, we analyze how the initial distribution of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547299

Asymmetric Information from Physician Agency: Optimal Payment and Healthcare Quantity

Chone, Philippe; Ma, Ching-to Albert - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2006

We model asymmetric information arising from physician agency, and its effect on the design of payment and healthcare quantity. The physician-patient coalition aims to maximize a combination of physician profit and patient benefit. The degree of substitution between profit and patient benefit in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136809

Asymmetric Information from Physician Agency:Optimal Payment and Healthcare Quantity

Chone, Philippe; Ma, Ching-to Albert - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005443372