Behind my reciprocation of a friend's gift may lie both instrumental reasons (I expect further future gifts) and 'communicative' reasons (I want to establish or confirm a friendship per se). In a theory of rational individual action, such 'communicative' reasons can be incorporated as an...

Behind my reciprocation of a friend's gift may lie both instrumental reasons (I expect further future gifts) and communicative reasons (I want to establish or confirm a friendship per se ). In a theory of rational individual action, such communicative reasons can be incorporated as an argument...

This paper focuses on the role of cultural participation as a source of individual subjective well-being in terms of the sociability orientation of different cultural activities. In previous works, we have found a strong association between subjective well-being and cultural participation. Here,...

Perche', nelle economie di mercato occidentali, esiste uno spazio socioeconomicamente rilevante che viene occupato dal cosiddetto "settore non profit"? L'obiettivo di questo contributo di riflessione e' quello di illustrare alcune delle principali ragioni argomentative che, adottando come punto...

In this paper we set up an evolutionary game-theoretic model aimed at addressing the issue of local public good provision via direct commitment of voluntary forces (namely, private donors and nonprofit providers) only. Two classes of agents are assumed to strategically interact within a double...

Questo saggio presenta l'impianto logico-concettuale di una metodologia di analisi transdisciplinare della domanda di cultura nei sistemi economici post-industriali contemporanei, elaborata e sperimentata nell'ambito di una ricerca promossa dall'Istituto Luigi Sturzo all'interno del progetto...