Is it possible to be altruistic in the face of altruism? With a naive definition of altruism, the answer is no. If an …, then the answer is yes. However, altruism in the face of malice is impossible. One of our findings is that if two consumers …

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. …

We examine the role of altruism in determining optimal transfers from a principal (a mother) to selfish agents (her … exchange motive for transfers in the symmetric informational regime we study. However, both altruism and exchange are important … motives under asymmetric information. We show that altruism facilitates transfer-attention exchange arrangements with certain …

-based representation in the usual exponential form corresponds to one-period "altruism" towards one's future selves: the current self gives …) and Laibson (1997) correspond to quasi-exponential altruism towards one's future selves. For ß=1/2, the welfare weights …

Is discounting of future instantaneous utilities consistent with altruism towards future selves? More precisely, can … Pollak (1968) and Laibson (1997) correspond to quasi-exponential altruism towards one's future selves. For ß=1/2, these …