In this paper we give a survey of recent works on game theory devoted to modeling of decision making process under … principles (religious beliefs, altruism, patriotism), emotions (envy, wrath, shame, regret, or guilt) or simply by an attempt to …

Exchanges of work for money and altruism are two alternative explanations for bequests, transfers from children to … older parents, and in-family caregiving. Such exchanges may also occur in couples living together and are therefore a major … theme in economic analyses of marriage. This note emphasizes two ways that the literature on altruism and inter …

. This paper examines the determination of precautionary saving when people have access to intra-family risk sharing. I show … that, with uncertain future income, altruism per se can induce time consistent, however, not necessarily ex ante efficient … one. Also welfare and savings effects from social insurance turn out to be sensitive to assumptions about family structure …

, which can be interpreted as weak evidence for parental altruism. The paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel …

-adjusted income figures are shown, for the U.S. (1901–1999), to be significantly sensitive to the postulated altruism, so that …

models when there are more than two family members, demonstrating that altruism with multiple altruists is similar to the …his paper examines altruism and exchange models of familial relationships. It first examines the predictions of these … classic public good model. The paper also examines predictions of the altruism model under the assumption that the child acts …

models when there are more than two family members, demonstrating that altruism with multiple altruists is similar to the …his paper examines altruism and exchange models of familial relationships. It first examines the predictions of these … classic public good model. The paper also examines predictions of the altruism model under the assumption that the child acts …

Economic theory as applied to the family should increase our understanding of the phenomena we are studying, and allow … theory of the family fails to achieve these aims. Examples are given from the most recent edition of Gary Becker's Theory of … the Family, where the analysis leads to conclusions that are, on their face, preposterous. This kind of theorizing leads …