A central question in the study of altruism has been whether there is a systematic gender difference in giving behavior …

altruism and fairness; how revulsion differs from squeamishness; how malevolence differs from selfishness; and how racial …

I ran an experiment in order to evaluate the relationship, if any, between power, or the search for power, and the … 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 …

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 …

I present the results of my laboratory experiment where I examine why people are generous in one-shot economic games … to altruism as there was no effect on DG offers. This implies that other-regarding preferences are at play in the amount … of money sent but only in a reciprocal context. The third chapter presents an experiment on punishment. I hypothesized …

) measure which is used to test for the presence of mutual (rather than conventional unilateral) altruism. Methods: Contingent … are entirely altruistic. Caregiving spouses rank Cure before Burden, reflecting less than perfect altruism which accounts … for some 40 percent of their to-tal WTP. Still, this constitutes evidence of mutual altruism. Conclusions: The evidence …

altruism, trust, learning processes, and the values of "doing" and "being" - these last being contrasted with the neoclassical …