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Screening teams of moral and altruistic agents

Sarkisian, Roberto - In: Games 12 (2021) 4, pp. 1-11

This paper studies the problem of screening teams of either moral or altruistic agents, in a setting where agents choose whether or not to exert effort in order to achieve a high output for the principal. I show that there exists no separating equilibrium menu of contracts that induces the...

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Virtues and institutions in Smith: a reconstruction

Dios, Emmanuel S. de - 2021

by Adam Smith in the Theory of moral sentiments and connect these with the themes Smith subsequently discusses in the …

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Ends versus means : Kantians, utilitarians, and moral decisions

Bénabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Henkel, Luca - 2024 - This version: January 15, 2024

Choosing what is morally right can be based on the consequences (ends) resulting from the decision - the Consequentialist view - or on the conformity of the means involved with some overarching notion of duty - the Deontological view. Using a series of experiments, we investigate the overall...

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Is the pursuit of money incompatible with morality? : some historical and philosophical reflections

Walsh, Adrian J. - In: The philosophy of money and finance, (pp. 171-190). 2024

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Moral universalism : measurement and economic relevance

Enke, Benjamin; Rodríguez-Padilla, Ricardo; … - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 68 (2022) 5, pp. 3590-3603

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Animal welfare, moral consumers and the optimal regulation of animal food production

Eichner, Thomas; Runkel, Marco - 2022

Within a general equilibrium model, this paper identifies a novel animal welfare externality that occurs if the private animal friendliness in a market economy falls short of the social animal friendliness used by the social planner when determining the efficient allocation. The animal welfare...

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Morality, altruism, and occupation choice : theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Wei, Mengxing; Mamidi, Pavan - 2022

and effort choices, in these three jobs, to preferences for altruism and morality that are structurally estimated. The … predictions are tested in pre-registered experiments. We also estimate proxies for altruism/morality from the dictator … corrupt public sector job. The effects of altruism on occupational choice are subtle, but altruism positively influences the …

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Ends versus means : kantians, utilitarians, and moral decisions

Bénabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Henkel, Luca - 2024

Choosing what is morally right can be based on the consequences (ends) resulting from the decision – the Consequentialist view – or on the conformity of the means involved with some overarching notion of duty – the Deontological view. Using a series of experiments, we investigate the...

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Blood type and blood donation behaviors : an empirical test of pure altruism theory

Sasaki, Shusaku; Funasaki, Yoshifumi; Kurokawa, Hirofumi; … - 2018

characteristics (altruism, trust, reciprocity, and cooperativeness). After further analyses, we confirmed that the wider number of …

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On the importance of altruism, prosocial behavior and Christian love in behavioral economics research

Mekvabishvili, Rati - In: Economic thought 11 (2023) 1, pp. 37-53

The article discusses the concepts of altruism and prosocial behavior and their importance in interdisciplinary studies … of behavioral economics. The basic theoretical models and concepts of altruism in Behavioral Economics are reviewed …. Altruism is shown to be a hidden and complicated form of selfishness. In essence, altruism and prosociality are therefore not …

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