-cycle model as well as saving motives that are consistent with the altruism model are important in Europe implies that the two … suggests that this model is far more applicable in Europe than is the altruism model. Moreover, our finding that the … intergenerational transfers motive, which is the saving motive that most exemplifies the altruism model, accounts for only about one …

prevalent in a variety of species including humans; namely altruism. If natural selection really favored the survival of the … of scientists have contributed valuable theories to elucidate the "paradox of altruism". However, in spite of the merits … they will never meet again. The present doctoral thesis sheds light on answers to the question how human altruism, with all …