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Raimondi, M. - Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Parma - 2009

In order to examine the role of non-economically measurable factors into the models of voluntary provision of public goods, Experimental Economics showed two systematic findings: (a) in early rounds of game, individual contributions are surprisingly high and increasing, but they tend to decrease...

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Computational rationality and voluntary provision of public goods: an agent-based simulation model

Raimondi, M. - Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Parma - 2009

The issue of the cooperation among private agents in realising collective goods has always raised problems concerning the basic nature of individual behaviour as well as the more traditional economic problems. The Computational Economics literature on public goods provision can be useful to...

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Public- and private-good values of statistical lives Results from a combined choice-experiment and contingent-valuation survey

Strand, Jon - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009

We present a stated-preference study where values of statistical lives (VSL) are derived both as public and private goods, and we distinguish between three different death causes, heart disease, environmentally related illnesses and traffic accidents. 1000 randomly chosen individuals in Norway...

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Pocketbook Voting and Social Preferences in Referenda

Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - CESifo - 2015

-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …

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Social preferences and portfolio choice

Riedl A.M.; Smeets P.M.A. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013

This paper explores whether social preferences influence portfolio choices of retail investors. We use administrative investor trading records which we link to decisions of the same investors in experiments with real money at stake. We show that social preferences rather than return expectations...

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Giving in South Africa: Determining the influence of altruism, inequality aversion and social capital

Tirivayi J.N. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

giving to formal charities and beggars. Results suggest that both impure altruism and inequality aversion positively …

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Is Altruism Bad for Cooperation?

Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - Research Institute for Market Economy, Sogang University - 2011

cooperation may be less than additive. Using a utility function embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional … altruism attenuates the punishment motive and thus may reduce the level of punishment in?icted on defectors, resulting in lower … levels of contribution. Increases in altruism may also reduce the level of bene?ts from the public project net of …

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What do gifts buy? A model of philanthropy and tithing based on prestige and warm glow.

Harbaugh, William T. - EconWPA - 1996

Charities publicize the donations they receive, generally according to dollar categories rather than the exact amount. Donors in turn tend to give the minimum amount necessary to get into a category. These facts suggest that donors have a taste for having their donations made public. This paper...

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Is altruism bad for cooperation?

Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 3, pp. 330-341

cooperation may be less than additive. Using a utility function embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional … altruism attenuates the punishment motive and thus may reduce the level of punishment inflicted on defectors, resulting in … lower levels of contribution. Increases in altruism may also reduce the level of benefits from the public project net of …

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Public Spending and Volunteering: "The Big Society", Crowding Out, and Volunteering Capital

Cozzi, Guido; Bartels, Koen P.R.; Mantovan, Noemi - Department of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2011

The current British Government's "Big Society" plan is based on the idea that granting more freedom to local communities and volunteers will compensate for a withdrawal of public agencies and spending. This idea is grounded on a widely held belief about the relationship between government and...

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