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On Self-Interest and Greed
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2014
First the assumption of self-interest as applied in Economics is presented. Here we also discuss areas in which (many) people behave less self- but more other-regarding than traditional economic models assume. Then, greedy behaviour is considered as existing in the political and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877949
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Remittances and their Effect on Emigration Intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Fokkema, Tineke - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255585
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Evolutionary economics and household behavior
Horioka, Charles Yuji - In: Philippine Review of Economics 51 (2014) 2, pp. 67-82
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of … evolutionary theory of household behavior is to improve upon the neoclassical theory of household behavior by replacing the … and self-interest versus altruism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261245
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Cooperation and Reciprocity: a Theoretical Approach
Basili, Marcello; Franzini, Maurizio - Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Facoltà di Economia - 2005
Cooperation among genetically unrelated agents occurs in many situations where economic theory would not expect it. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649920
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Reorienting the Business School Agenda: The Case for Relevance, Rigor, and Righteousness
Birnik, Andreas; Billsberry, Jon - In: Journal of Business Ethics 82 (2008) 4, pp. 985-999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005719644
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On Human Behavior, Human Fulfillment, and the Nature of the Workplace
Wisman, Jon D. - 2009
that the theory of human behavior that is credited to Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and that has dominated economic … thinking ever since is not supportive of workplace democracy. However, Smith developed a far richer theory of human behavior in … his Theory of Moral Sentiments. His fuller theory depicted humans as fully social beings, in need of community. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494069
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Remittances and their Effect on Emigration Intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Fokkema, Tineke - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136991
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On Self-Interest and Greed
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2014
First the assumption of self-interest as applied in Economics is presented. Here we also discuss areas in which (many) people behave less self- but more other-regarding than traditional economic models assume. Then, greedy behaviour is considered as existing in the political and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010789831
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What's important for you in life? A general and pluralistic model of economic agents’ motivation
Zibell, Laurent - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 40 (2011) 5, pp. 503-515
This article refines the theory of economic agents’ motivations beyond the alternative between egoistic self …-interest and a generic altruism. It addresses the potential weakness of ‘altruism’ theories that the number of ‘others’ claiming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577423
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Sex, self-interest and health care priorities
Sach, Tracey H.; Whynes, David K. - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 41 (2012) 1, pp. 1-7
In this questionnaire study, individuals were asked to prioritise publicly provided preventive health care services, one of which would be unavailable to them by virtue of their sex. The aim was to establish whether men and women would exhibit different degrees of self-interest when making a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011120403