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Economic Man in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Behavioral Experiments in Fifteen Small-Scale Societies

Henrich, Joseph; Boyd, Robert; Bowles, Samuel; Camerer, … - Santa Fe Institute - 2001

Experimental behavioral scientists have found consistent deviations from the predictions of the canonical model of self-interest in over a hundred experiments from around the world. Prior research cannot determine whether this uniformity results from universal patterns of behavior, or from the...

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On the Dynamic Persistence of Cooperation: How Lower Fitness Induces Higher Survivability

Sella, Guy; Lachmann, Michael - Santa Fe Institute - 1999

Sub-populations of cooperators and defectors inhabit sites on a lattice. The interactions among the individuals at a site, in the form of a prisoners-dilemma (PD) game, determine their fitnesses. The PD pay-off parameters are chosen so that cooperators are able to maintain a homogeneous...

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The Puzzle of Prosociality

Gintis, Herbert - Santa Fe Institute - 2001

How is cooperation among large numbers of unrelated individuals sustained? Cooperation generally requires altruism … altruistic behavior? This is the puzzle of prosociality. Altruism is supported by culture. Sociology treats culture as a set of … norms that are transmitted by socialization institutions and internalized by individuals. Altruism, in this approach, is …

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Multitasking, Quality and Pay for Performance

Kaarboe, Oddvar Martin; Siciliani, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We present a model of optimal contracting between a purchaser and a provider of health services when quality has two dimensions. We assume that one dimension of quality is verifiable (dimension 1) and one dimension is not verifiable (dimension 2). We show that the power of the incentive scheme...

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Development and test of new dimensions of altruistic buying behavior

Hopkins, Raymond A.; Powers, Thomas L. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 26 (2009) 3, pp. 185-199

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is show how altruism provides a basis for understanding motivations that consumers … research that examines traditional measures of altruism to determine whether there are differing or additional dimensions of … altruism. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a survey of 212 consumers and their responses to previously …

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Male‐female giving differentials: are women more altruistic?

Simmons, Walter O.; Emanuele, Rosemarie - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) 6, pp. 534-550

characteristics such as, wage, age and experience. Practical implications – While the issue of whether altruism is innate or the …

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Can Ecolabeling Schemes Preserve the Environment?

Ibanez, Lisette; Grolleau, Gilles - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 40 (2008) 2, pp. 233-249

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On altruists and egoists in activity participation and travel: who are they and do they live together?

Goulias, Konstadinos; Henson, Kriste - In: Transportation 33 (2006) 5, pp. 447-462

-serving groups but not in their entirety. Altruism at home is directed most often toward the immediate family members. This is less …

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Working for God?

Reinikka, Ritva; Svensson, Jakob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper exploits a unique micro-level data set on primary health care facilities in Uganda to address the question: What motivates religious not-for-profit (RNFP) health care providers? We use two approaches to identify whether an altruistic (religious) effect exists in the data. First,...

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Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications

Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...

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