donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size and the amount given by each donor; (iii) no relationship between …

This paper is an empirical study of the motives for charitable donations, based on a unique data set of the English … National Opera. Merging all their box office and fundraising data, our data set not only contains individuals’ donations, but … are important to learn the extent to which we can model charitable donations in a model with a self-interested utility …

in which taboos are part of the definition of one's identity. Deliberating over breaking the taboo adds the action to the … individual’s choice set and provides information on possible private benefits but is costly because it contradicts one's identity … varying strengths of taboos. Having such a choice defines an evolutionary process with respect to identity: Some identities …

the same type of agents might be weak even if the within-type link cost is very low; (ii) oppositional identity patterns …

We first develop a model of identity formation resulting from the interaction of cultural transmission and … socialization inside the family, peer effects and social interactions, and identity choice. We then put the model to data using the … UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities. We show that the main determinants of ethnic identity include past racial …

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct … cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by neighborhood integration, which weakens group loyalties and prejudices. On … identity processes. We find evidence consistent with intense ethnic and religious identity mostly formed as a cultural …