The Handbook on the Economics of Giving, Reciprocity and Altruism provides a comprehensive set of reviews of literature … chapters that present the hard core of the theoretical and empirical analyses of giving, reciprocity and altruism in economics … are significant: family and intergenerational transfers; charity and charitable institutions; the nonprofit economy …

The Handbook on the Economics of Giving, Reciprocity and Altruism provides a comprehensive set of reviews of literature … chapters that present the hard core of the theoretical and empirical analyses of giving, reciprocity and altruism in economics … are significant: family and intergenerational transfers; charity and charitable institutions; the nonprofit economy …

(which they sometimes also create); and in charity and specific organizations. Altruism has various origins: it can be …Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies … hedonistic or natural altruism in empathy, affection, sympathy, emotional contagion, pity, and compassion; or normative altruism …