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On the evolution of altruism
Stark, Oded - 1997
We demonstrate how altruism can flourish in a population of nonaltruists. We assume that each individual plays a one …
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Dynasties and destiny: On the roles of altruism and impatience in the evolution of consumption and bequests
Stark, Oded; Falk, Ita - 2000
We study the joint role of altruism and impatience, and the impact of evolution in the formation of long-term time … relate to altruism and to impatience and we reason that long-lived dynasties will be characterized by a higher degree of … altruism and a lower degree of impatience than short-lived dynasties. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292746
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Regulation of morally responsible agents with motivation crowding
Fünfgelt, Joachim; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012
We study the regulation of a morally responsible agent in the context of a negative consumption externality and motivation crowding. In particular, we analyze how various governmental interventions affect the agent's motivation to assume moral responsibility. Employing a motivation-crowding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294483
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Altruistic Behavior Under Incomplete Information
Bolle, Friedel; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2004
Models to the issue of altruism which rely on externalities of well-being are rarely used explicitly. In this paper we … compare such utility-based approaches with the standard approach on altruism which is based on externalities of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297232
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The Economics of Solidarity: A Conceptual Framework
Kritikos, Alexander S.; Bolle, Friedel; Tan, Jonathan H. W. - 2005
For many people "solidarity" has become a meaningless word used in slogans - too often used without leading to any economic consequences. We show in this paper conditions under which solidarity can be a powerful instrument. In a solidary action, an individual in a group contributes to a series...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297236
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Remittances as investment in the absence of altruism
González-König, Gabriel - 2005
In the absence of altruism, there is no obvious reason why a migrant should remit part of his income to his family for … the migrant and remittances for private consumption by the migrant's family even in the complete absence of altruism on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301148
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321612
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321811
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Compensatory Inter Vivos Gifts
Hochguertel, Stefan; Ohlsson, Henry - 2007
This discussion paper led to a publication in href=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jae.1071/fullJournal of Applied Econometrics, 24(6), 993-1023.Parents’ transfer motives are important for understanding, e.g., macroeconomics, income (re)distribution, savings, and public finance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325497
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Incentives and the Sorting of Altruistic Agents into Street-Level Bureaucracies
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert - 2008
-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ in altruism towards clients. When bureaucrats are paid flat wages, they do … of the altruism distribution. We also show how client composition affects sorting and why street-level bureaucrats often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325683