Assuming the analogy between discounting of monetary rewards in time and in social space, it is hypothesized that: (1) the rate of social discounting is higher in the case of choices between monetary reward for oneself and other person than in the case of choices between monetary rewards for...

The following paper discusses types of scientific postulative claims and their role in today’s mainstream economics. In the core part of the article the author shows how the fundamental theoretic axioms (especially those regarding underlying principles of human economic behavior) may lead to...

The article discusses the phenomenon of selfish punishment and its impact on the evolution of altruistic behavior. The paper presents the basic theoretical models explaining the mechanism of selfish punishment. Discussion of the practical implications of this concept is enriched with numerous...

We study recent immigration to Poland by immigrants who are set to settle in the country for good. Drawing on the register of permanent residence permits (maintained by the Office for Repatriation and Aliens), and on data from a 2005 representative survey of Ukrainian and Vietnamese settlement...