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Internationale Migration: Anmerkungen aus der Sicht der Aussenwirtschaftstheorie
Kohler, Wilhelm - 2000
Ausgangspunkt dieser Arbeit ist die Behauptung, dass der migrationspolitische Diskurs zu wenig auf die internationale Integration von Gütermärkten Bedacht nimmt. Die Debatte wird weitgehend arbeitsmarktökonomisch geführt, wobei der sogenannte immigration surplus für das Zuwanderungsland und...
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Comparative statics of altruism amd spite
Milchtaich, Igal - 2008
each other's payoff. A positive, negative or zero weight represents altruism, spite or complete selfishness, respectively …) payoff can only increase or remain unchanged with an increasing degree of altruism. …
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A competitive equilibrium for a warm glow economy
Allouch, Nizar - 2009
to the normative and positive theory of public goods provision. First, it is a price based mechanism achieving efficient …
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Parenting with style: Altruism and paternalism in intergenerational preference transmission
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2012
We construct a theory of intergenerational preference transmission that rationalizes the choice between alternative … altruism towards children. They can affect their children's choices via two channels: either by influencing their preferences …
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Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers
Nordblom, Katarina; Ohlsson, Henry - 2005
To what extent do people avoid taxes on intra-family transfers (bequests and gifts), and how would integration (unification) of the different transfers taxes affect tax avoidance? These issues are important for families and their welfare, as well as for governments and their possibilities of...
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Post Mortem Reputation, Compensatory Gifts and Equal Bequests
Lundholm, Michael; Ohlsson, Henry - 1999
The empirical evidence suggests that parents use inter vivos gifts (i.e., transfers of tangible and financial property) to compensate less well off children whereas post mortem bequests are divided equally among siblings. We study a theoretical model assuming, first, that the amounts given is...
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Optimal quota for sector-specific immigration
Mayr, Karin - 2008
Sectoral labor supply shortage is a cause of concern in many OECD countries and has raised support for immigration as a potential remedy. In this paper, we derive a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations, where natives require a compensating wage differential for working in one...
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Rotten kids with bad intentions
Netzer, Nick; Schmutzler, Armin - 2010
rather than positive altruism. In a large class of two-stage games that includes principal-agent and gift-giving games, this …
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Choosing Opponents in Prisoners' Dilemma: An Evolutionary Analysis
Engseld, Peter; Bergh, Andreas - 2005
We analyze a cooperation game in an evolutionary environment. Agents make noisy observations of opponents' propensity to cooperate, called reputation, and form preferences over opponents based on their reputation. A game takes place when two agents agree to play. Pareto optimal cooperation is...
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Is altruism bad for cooperation?
Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - 2008
embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional altruism towards other members attenuates the punishment … contributions. Increases in altruism may also reduce the level of benefits from the public project net of contribution costs and … punishment costs. The negative effect of altruism on cooperation and material payoffs is greater the stronger is the reciprocity …
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