We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns …

subjects can choose between a SEK 50 payment and donating SEK 50 to charity. The results differ markedly between men and women … introduced. There is also a significant effect of allowing individuals to donate the payment to charity, and this effect fully …

We build a theory of prosocial behaviour that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for …

We build a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for …

tension between altruism and "crowding-out" effects (players' efforts are strategic substitutes). We find that more altruistic …

or real, the gift was desirable or undesirable, the charity was familiar or unfamiliar, or the gift was more or less … valuable. Moreover, such patterns cannot solely be explained in terms of inferences about the charity’s quality (e.g., either …

We build a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for …

giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artefact of experimentation? What is unique about this paper is that ….e. charitable organizations). Our study focuses directly on subjects’ willingness to contribute to and take from a charity. We do … this by allocating the initial endowment in one of three ways: either all to the subjects, all to the charity, or evenly …

the question, is giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artifact of experimentation? What is unique … and take from a charity. We do this by allocating the initial endowment in one of three ways: either all to the subjects …, all to the charity, or evenly between the two. Subjects are allowed to either contribute or take back as little or as much …