tension between altruism and "crowding-out" effects (players' efforts are strategic substitutes). We find that more altruistic …

We investigate the effect of reputational motivation on output in a scenario of overprovision of medical treatment. We … assume that physicians differ in their degree of altruism, enjoy being perceived as good but dislike being perceived as … greedy. We show that better reputational motivation unambiguously reduces the costs of healthcare provision and the magnitude …

-interest and a generic altruism. It addresses the potential weakness of ‘altruism’ theories that the number of ‘others’ claiming …

cooperative motivation when they know the other subject's payoff information. Altruistic motivation is found to be rare throughout … the experiment. …

altruism by leaving financial bequests, but also by voting and contributing to the environmental quality their children will …

consumer behaviour and the optimal environmental tax are independent of the degree of altruism. For behaviour to change …, then altruism matters and the greater the degree of altruism the more individuals cut back their consumption of a ’dirty …

giving to formal charities and beggars. Results suggest that both impure altruism and inequality aversion positively …

options even if she plans to act unselfishly. Our theory accommodates the empirical findings on motivation crowding out and …