.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards …

I consider the effect of caring, empathy, altruism or positive reciprocity towards others - which I collectively call … the public good converges to the efficient level. An increase in caring, empathy, altruism or positive reciprocity, an … efficiently is attributable to lack of empathy/altruism/positive reciprocity as well as to the free rider problem …

limitations of the frequently used specification test that distinguishes between the standard models of pure and impure altruism … impure altruism compared with pure altruism, we show that, in general, it can be either more or less. Second, we propose a … heterogeneity based on park and volunteer hour types, are theoretically consistent with the mainstay model of impure altruism …

consumption and donations among individuals. We also conduct an original experiment that enables nonparametric tests of many … donations yield greater explanatory power than the standard model of impure altruism …