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Gender preference gaps and voting for redistribution
Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021
There is substantial evidence that women tend to support different policies and political candidates than men. Many studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and pro-sociality. However, the degree to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164121
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291763
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Giving in dictator games: Experimenter demand effect or preference over the rules of the game?
Chlaß, Nadine; Moffatt, Peter G. - 2012
Traditionally, giving in dictator games was assumed to signal preferences over others' payoffs. To date, several studies find that dictator game giving breaks down under conditions designed to increase dictators' anonymity or if an option to take money obscures the purpose of the task. Giving is...
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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. …
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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...
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The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence
Fehr, Ernst; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - 2011
strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more prominent …
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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 …
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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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A nation-wide laboratory: Examining trust and trustworthiness by integrating behavioral experiments into representative surveys
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - 2003
überdurchschnittliches Vertrauen. Vertrauenswürdigkeit bzw. Altruismus zeigen im Experiment Ältere und Befragte mit gutem Gesundheitszustand …. Unterdurchschnittliche Vertrauenswüdigkeit bzw. Altruismus zeigen jüngere Befragte (bis zu 35 Jahren), arbeitslos Gemeldete und Befragte ohne …
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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