Bernie Madoff defrauded billions of dollars from his victims. The crime of fraud and the so called sin of greed have … been with us throughout known human history. Instead of looking at mere greed as the cause for fraud, this retrospective of …

The term greed has become very popular in the public debate. It is regularly argued, for instance, that greed is one of … its prominent role in the current debates, however, empirical research on greed is rather sparse. We argue that the major … impediment for empirical studies is the difficulty to distinguish greed from selfishness. To overcome this methodological problem …

We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns …