In this paper, we show that incorporating the relational dimension into an otherwise standard OLG model and focusing on dynamic leisure externalities leads to dramatically different predictions. Here we show that when the old perceive private and relational consumption as substitutable goods, a...

This paper presents empirical evidence that “tax morale” - taxpayers’ intrinsic motivation to pay taxes - constitutes a new determinant of happiness, even after controlling for several demographic and socioeconomic factors. Using data on Italian households for 2004, we assess the strength...

Is culture an important variable to explain whether groups can successfully provide public goods? A wealth of empirical evidence on both industrialized and developing countries shows that cooperation levels decrease in the presence of ethnic divisions. Although several laboratory works deal with...

In this paper we set up an evolutionary game-theoretic model aimed at addressing the issue of local public good provision via direct commitment of voluntary forces (namely, private donors and nonprofit providers) only. Two classes of agents are assumed to strategically interact within a double...

Questo saggio presenta l'impianto logico-concettuale di una metodologia di analisi transdisciplinare della domanda di cultura nei sistemi economici post-industriali contemporanei, elaborata e sperimentata nell'ambito di una ricerca promossa dall'Istituto Luigi Sturzo all'interno del progetto...

Perche', nelle economie di mercato occidentali, esiste uno spazio socioeconomicamente rilevante che viene occupato dal cosiddetto "settore non profit"? L'obiettivo di questo contributo di riflessione e' quello di illustrare alcune delle principali ragioni argomentative che, adottando come punto...

In questo saggio si espongono alcune ragioni giustificative dell'adozione, da parte di organizzazioni non profit (d'ora in poi, ONP), di uno strumento di rendicontazione sociale come il bilancio di missione. La tesi di fondo che intendiamo sviluppare e' sintetizzabile nei termini seguenti: e'...

We set up an analytical framework focusing on the problem of interaction over time when economic agents are characterized by various types of distributional social preferences. We develop an evolutionary approach in which individual preferences are endogenous and account for the evolution of...

Empirical evidence documents that other regarding activities (voluntary/charity work, helping friends/neighbours) done with other regarding motivations contribute positively and signi cantly to subjective wellbeing. The question is why only a re- stricted group of people performs these...

We analyse the impact of the introduction of the French Tobin tax on volumes, liquidity and volatility of a ected stocks with parametric and non parametric tests on individual stocks, di erence in di erence tests and other robustness checks controlling for simultaneous month-of-the-year and size...