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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective … transfers). It implies: (i) the Pareto-inefficiency of the non-cooperative interaction of individual altruistic transfers; (ii …) the neutralization of public transfers by individual altruistic transfers; (iii) and the crowding out of private …
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The Gates Effect in public goods experiments : how donors focus on the recipients favored by the wealthy
Corazzini, Luca; Cotton, Christopher; Longo, Enrico; … - 2021
Experiments involving multiple public goods with contribution thresholds capture many features of charitable giving environments in which donors try to coordinate their contributions across various potential recipients. We present results from a laboratory experiment that introduces endowment...
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The Gates Effect in public goods experiments : how donations flow to the recipients favored by the wealthy
Corazzini, Luca; Cotton, Christopher; Longo, Enrico; … - 2021
Experiments involving multiple public goods with contribution thresholds capture many features of charitable giving environments in which donors try to coordinate their contributions across various potential recipients. We present results from a laboratory experiment that introduces endowment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013483606
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Chapter 6 Reciprocity: Its Scope, Rationales, and Consequences
Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 371-541). 2006
reciprocity game. Reciprocity is compared with other modes of transfers. Ways of explaining it are proposed. Its normative uses …
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Increasing Altruistic and Cooperative Behaviour with Simple Moral Nudges
Capraro, Valerio - 2019
The conflict between pro-self and pro-social behaviour is at the core of many key problems of our time, as, for example, the reduction of air pollution and the redistribution of scarce resources. For the well-being of our societies, it is thus crucial to find mechanisms to promote pro-social...
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Generosity and political preferences
Dawes, Christopher T.; Johannesson, Magnus; Lindqvist, Erik - 2012
We test whether generosity is related to political preferences and partisanship in Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States using incentivized dictator games. The total sample consists of more than 5,000 respondents. We document that support for social spending and redistribution...
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Impure Prosocial Motivation in Charity Provision : Warm-Glow Charities and Implications for Public Funding
Scharf, Kimberley A. - 2013
private donations. Switching from direct grants to government subsidies for private donations can thus produce a positive pro …
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Warm-Glow Giving in Networks with Multiple Public Goods
Richefort, Lionel - 2017
, taxation and subsidies. It appears that small redistributions of wealth may sometimes be neutral, but generally, the effects of …
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity
Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1-122). 2006
and need makes giving a contribution to a pure public good for which efficient public transfers crowd out private gifts …
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On the Desirability of Taxing Charitable Contributions
Blumkin, Tomer - 2007
We develop a model that allows for public goods and status signaling through charitable contributions. This model provides a unified framework in which contributions are driven both by altruism and status signaling. We use this setup to re-examine the conventional practice of rendering a...
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