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The economics of non-governmental organisations

Scott, Colin; Hopkins, R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

The purpose of this paper is to identify the organisational comparative advantage of NGOs, and to develop a model which explains the set of circumstances uder which they emerge and dominate other types of firms. It is argued that the potential superiority of NGOs derives from two features: (1)...

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Not all incentives wash out the warm glow: the case of blood donation revisited

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Yen, Steven T. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …

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Digit ratio (2D:4D) and altruism: evidence from a large, multi-ethnic sample

Galizzi, Matteo M.; Nieboer, Jeroen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

We look at the links between the Digit Ratio - the ratio of the length of the index finger to the length of the ring finger – for both right and left hands, and giving in a Dictator Game. Unlike previous studies with exclusively Caucasian subjects, we recruited a large, ethnically diverse...

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From philanthropy to "altruism": incorporating unselfish behavior into economics, 1961-1975

Fontaine, Philippe - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

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Reluctant altruism and peer pressure in charitable giving

Reyniers, Diane; Bhalla, Richa - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

, controlling for amount donated. These findings suggest reluctant altruism due to peer pressure in charitable giving. …

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The magnitude and correlates of inter-vivos transfers in the UK

Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey and the Attitudes to Inheritances Survey to estimate the magnitude of and the factors that are correlated with private inter-household transfers from parents to their adult children in the UK. Our evidence suggests that inter vivos...

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The influence of neighbourhood effects on education decisions in a nationally funded education system : the case of Australia

Overman, Henry G.; Heath, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Empirical papers studying the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on socio-economic variables have predominantly used US data. We argue that the local nature of the US schooling system means that neighbourhood effects on education decisions may act through fiscal or social channels. We use...

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Auctioning conservation contracts in the presence of externalities

Calel, Raphael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Current models of conservation auctions do not permit for the presence of environmental externalities and synergies … environmental externalities. Clearly, our models do not tell the whole story, and they consequently fail to identify waste and … inefficiency in these auctions. Our paper shows how externalities between bidders can be incorporated into our models of …

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Externalities in the matching of workers and firms in Britain

Burgess, Simon; Profit, Stefan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

We provide empirical evidence on the nature of spatial externalities in a matching model for the UK. We use a monthly …

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Valuation and evaluation: measuring the quality of life and evaluating policy

Dasgupta, Partha - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper is about measuring social well-being and evaluating policy. Part I is concerned with the links between the two, while Parts II and III, respectively, are devoted to the development of appropriate methods of measuring and evaluating. In Part II (Sections 4-7) I identify a minimal set...

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