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Donations
Buraschi, Andrea; Cornelli, Francesca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
public good – here, new productions – to have access to a private good – here, fringe benefits – and by altruism. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504511
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When warm glow burns: Motivational (mis)allocation in the non-profit sector
Aldashev, Gani; Jaimovich, Esteban; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We build an occupational-choice general-equilibrium model of an economy with the non-profit sector financed through private warm-glow donations. Lack of monitoring on the use of funds implies that an increase of funds of the non-profit sector (because of a higher income in the for-profit sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084421
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Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration
Doepke, Matthias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084615
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Verified Trust: Reciprocity, Altruism and Noise in Trust Games
Brülhart, Marius; Usunier, Jean-Claude - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
distinct and economically relevant component of individual preferences alongside selfishness and altruism. This recognition is … power of trust as a determinant of those decisions, suggesting that altruism may explain much of what ‘looks like’ trust … protocols and framing. Therefore, we propose discriminatory tests for altruism and trust that can be based on within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788946
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Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting
Rotemberg, Julio J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791465
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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms
Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as 'consumption' vs. 'investment' good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across workers....
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Intermediation by Aid Agencies
Rowat, Colin; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper models aid agencies as financial intermediaries that do not make a financial return to depositors, since the depositors' concern is to transfer resources to investor-beneficiaries. This leads to a significant problem of verification of the agencies' activities. One solution to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114171
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Household External Finance and Consumption
Besley, Timothy J.; Meads, Neil; Surico, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper uses mortgage data to construct a measure of terms on which households access to external finance, and relates it to consumption at both the aggregate and cohort levels. The Household External Finance (HEF) index is based on the spread paid by risky borrowers in the mortgage market....
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Doux Commerces: Does Market Competition Cause Trust?
Francois, Patrick; van Ypersele, Tanguy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper documents a strong positive relationship between individual reported trust levels (obtained from the US General Social Survey) and the competitiveness of the sector in which an individual works (obtained from the US census of firms). This correlation is robust to the inclusion of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973968
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Household Responses to Information on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Malawi
Fitzsimons, Emla; Malde, Bansi; Mesnard, Alice; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper provides evidence on household responses to the relaxation of one barrier constraining adoption of health practices - lack of information - in a resource constrained setting. It examines the effects of a randomized intervention in Malawi which provides mothers with information on...
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