Stark, Oded; Falk, Ita - 2000
We study the joint role of altruism and impatience, and the impact of evolution in the formation of long-term time … relate to altruism and to impatience and we reason that long-lived dynasties will be characterized by a higher degree of … altruism and a lower degree of impatience than short-lived dynasties. -- altruism ; impatience ; intergenerational transfers …