.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards …

-dynastic altruism. The main building blocks of the theory are forward and backward intergenerational goods (FIGs and BIGs) and the …This paper develops a theory of intergenerational exchange for generations that are either selfish or have non …

-dynastic intergenerational altruism, savings for one's own descendants benefit present members of other dynasties, giving rise to preference …-dynastic intergenerational altruism. I also show that the external effect of present saving decreases over time. This means that intertemporal … preferences inferred from saving behavior are time-inconsistent, unless cross-dynastic intergenerational altruism is accounted for …

'pure' and 'impure' forms of altruism and investigates the role of borrowing constraints in accounting for the timing of …

achieved through the incorporation of altruism and fertility in quot;value of lifequot; type of framework. We are able to … lifequot; and on intergenerational welfare comparisons. We show that, by incorporating altruism and fertility into the analysis …

We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal …