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Anger and Regulation
Tella, Rafael Di - 2009
concern for other people's welfare (altruism) in the process of making high profits. Even with few truly altruistic firms, an …
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The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization
Bisin, Alberto - 2010
.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462145
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Unpacking Social Capital
Durante, Ruben; Mastrorocco, Nicola; Minale, Luigi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use novel and unique survey data from Italy to shed light on key questions regarding the measurement of social capital and the use of social capital indicators for empirical work. Our data cover a sample of over 600,000 respondents interviewed between 2000 and 2015. We identify four distinct...
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Ancestral Livelihoods and Moral Universalism : Evidence from Transhumant Pastoralist Societies
Le Rossignol, Etienne; Lowes, Sara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Moral universalism, the extent to which individuals exhibit similar altruism and trust towards in-group and out …
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Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
Benjamin, Daniel J. - 2010
We randomly vary religious identity salience in laboratory subjects to test how identity salience contributes to six hypothesized links from prior literature between religious identity and economic behavior. We find that religious identity salience makes Protestants increase contributions to...
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The Power of Asking : How Communication Affects Selfishness, Empathy, and Altruism
Andreoni, James - 2010
To understand the "pure" incentives of altruism, economic laboratory research on humans almost always forbids … communication between subjects. In reality, however, altruism usually requires interaction between givers and receivers, which … altruism are built on human sociality. We experimentally examine communication in which one subject allocates $10 between …
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Altruism and the Child-Cycle of Alumni Giving
Meer, Jonathan - 2007
teenagers do not. The evidence is strongly consistent with the child-cycle pattern. Thus, while altruism drives some giving, the …
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Field Experiments on Discrimination
Bertrand, Marianne - 2016
This article reviews the existing field experimentation literature on the prevalence of discrimination, the consequences of such discrimination, and possible approaches to undermine it. We highlight key gaps in the literature and ripe opportunities for future field work. Section 1 reviews the...
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Toward an Understanding of Why People Discriminate : Evidence from a Series of Natural Field Experiments
Gneezy, Uri - 2012
Social scientists have presented evidence that suggests discrimination is ubiquitous: women, nonwhites, and the elderly have been found to be the target of discriminatory behavior across several labor and product markets. Scholars have been less successful at pinpointing the underlying motives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460804
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being : Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
Aknin, Lara B. - 2010
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that prosocial spending is...
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