This dissertation presents three independent essays that elicit social preferences in school children by using a combination of experimental measures and survey data. Chapter 2 consider the development of motivations for helping in informal risk-sharing networks from a sample of school children...

"This book collects important contributions in behavioral economics and related topics, mainly by Japanese researchers, to provide new perspectives for the future development of economics and behavioral economics. The volume focuses especially on economic studies that examine interactions of...

Part I Intergenerational Interactions -- 1 An equilibrium model of child maltreatment (Akabayashi).-2 Tough Love and Intergenerational Altruism (Bhatt, Ogaki) -- Part II Behavioral Macroeconomics.-3 Consumer interdependence via reference groups (Hayakawa, Venieris, Yiannis) -- 4 Bounded...