. I show that, even if the degree of altruism is small, direct democracy leads to commercial policies that are biased …

are characterized by multifaceted social preferences, encompassing reciprocity, altruism, and inequality aversion …

-dynastic altruism. The main building blocks of the theory are forward and backward intergenerational goods (FIGs and BIGs) and the …This paper develops a theory of intergenerational exchange for generations that are either selfish or have non …

-stakes setting. The estimates reject extant models of giving, but are consistent with the new theory …

that it is not of dominant importance even in Japan, and conversely, that the altruism model is far more applicable in the …

noncooperative altruism models. This feature is that noninterior strategic postures underlie interior transfer behavior and that …

motivated by altruism. Specifically, the paper tests whether an increase by one dollar in the income of parents actively making … standard altruism model augmented to include uncertain and liquidity constraints. These additional elements pin down the timing … heterogeneity across families in the degree of altruism. The findings strongly reject the altruism hypothesis. Redistributing one …