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Reciprocity, materialism and welfare : an evolutionary model
Poulsen, Anders (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001614244
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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
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The survival and welfare implications of altruism when preferences are endogenous
Poulsen, Anders (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001756200
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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
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Fiscal Policy with Agents Differing in Altruism and in Ability
Michel, Philippe; Pestieau, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
social security system and inheritance taxation) in an overlapping generations model with perfect altruism. It generalizes … productivity and altruism. Within such a model wealth is entirely held in the steady-state by the families with the highest degree … of altruism. Under plausible assumptions both public debt and social security are neutral à la Ricardo, while increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504719
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Asymmetric Information from Physician Agency:Optimal Payment and Healthcare Quantity
Chone, Philippe; Ma, Ching-to Albert - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2005
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/10005443372
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Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks
De Weerdt, Joachim; Genicot, Garance; Mesnard, Alice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
migrants regarding non-migrants. We develop a static model of asymmetric information that contrasts altruism, pressure and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084616
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Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656392