colleagues, which in turn creates co-worker altruism. We study how financial incentives for productive activities can improve or …

This article examines the properties of the optimal fiscal policy in an economy with warm-glow altruism (utility …

an outcome of the free play of such individuals. On the few occasions that economics recognizes the role of altruism and … main objective of the paper is to track the interface between altruism and group identity. By using the basic structure of …-group altruism, the paper demonstrates how our selfish rationality interacts with our innate sense of cooperation. The model is used …

goods, and compares their policy implications. We distinguish between four types of models: Altruism models, social norm …

The evolution of altruism in humans is still an unresolved puzzle. Helping other individuals is often kinship-based or … reciprocal. Several examples show, however, that altruism goes beyond kinship and reciprocity and people are willing to support …" altruism with a focus on altruistic teaching. Teaching is modeled as a knowledge transfer which enhances the survival chances …

current consumption. Individuals’ efforts to balance between the long-term commitment (consumption smoothing and altruism) and … incorporates altruism and self control issues separately. …

We address the issue of altruism when standard-of-living aspirations are transmitted from one generation to the other …, even if there is no bequest, altruism always increases capital accumulation and has a stabilizing effect on the economy. In …