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Results are reported of the first natural field experiment on the dictator game, where subjects are unaware that they participate in an experiment. In contrast to predictions of the standard economic model, dictators show a large degree of pro-social behavior. This paper builds a bridge from the...
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The paper is devoted to a critical analysis of a number of key theories by Gary S. Becker. It is commonly believed that his main accomplishment lies in the extension of the scope of an economic analysis to include numerous traditionally considered as non-economic phenomena. This extension,...
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financial transfers may be motivated by altruism or by the expectation of future services. For this reason, we select a sample …
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Although there is an increasing interest in examining the relationship between cognitive ability and economic behavior, less is known about the relationship between cognitive ability and social preferences. We investigate the relationship between strongly incentivized measures of intelligence...
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intergenerational altruism among Italian households. The Italian socio-economic framework represents an interesting ground to test for … altruism. Further, I evaluate how restrictive is the assumption of a zero correlation between the clan’s Euler errors and the …
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selected and surveyed about four aspects of altruism: altruistic love, altruistic values, altruistic behaviors and empathy. We … entrepreneurs have a significant amount of altruism, and that they think that government decision makers (politicians and high …
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In this article, the concept of Kantian Altruism in the writings of Ibn Khaldun is examined. Government efficiency … improves when Kantian Altruism becomes the characteristic of public decision makers. It is also argued that Kantian Altruism … coincides with the altruism in the writings of Ibn Khaldun. …
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altruism and fairness; how revulsion differs from squeamishness; how malevolence differs from selfishness; and how racial …
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degree of altruism. In particular I experimentally tested whether an organization structured in a strictly hierarchical way … was able to reduce the degree of altruism of a group of experimental subjects. The subjects were divided into groups and …. It was found that the introduction of a hierarchical structure generated a significant decrease in the rate of altruism …
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altruism. OT and altruism together predicted almost half the interpersonal variation in generosity. Notably, OT had twofold … larger impact on generosity compared to altruism. This indicates that generosity is associated with both altruism as well as …
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