Three theoretical hypotheses can explain the motives behind familial transfers given to the elders : altruism, exchange …

, psychology and engineering), we study the relationship between honesty and altruism. We asked participants to toss a coin with a … majors cheat if a penalty is requested. Surprisingly, when altruism plays a role, economists tend to have the most altruistic … behavior, followed by psychologists. However, altruism does not reduce engineers' propensity to lie. No significant differences …

guarantee reciprocity, we see that there is still significant evidence of altruism, which we then confirm using laboratory …

selected and surveyed about four aspects of altruism: altruistic love, altruistic values, altruistic behaviors and empathy. We … entrepreneurs have a significant amount of altruism, and that they think that government decision makers (politicians and high …

The paper studies the impact of altruism on Agent's motivation in the career concerns model. The main result is that … higher altruism can decrease effort though conventional wisdom suggests the opposite should always the case. The key for the … result is the distinction between current and anticipated altruism. The current altruism stimulates the Agent because it …

concern for other people's welfare (altruism) in the process of making high profits. Even when there exist few truly … such pooling equilibria exist is smaller and firms are more liekly to anger voters by displaying low levels of altruism. As …