Search Results - subject_exact:"Altruism"

Incentives and prosocial discomfort : a laboratory experiment

Steward, Grace E.; Macis, Mario; Lacetera, Nicola; … - 2026

We conducted a within-subject laboratory experiment in which participants decided whether to experience physical discomfort for charity, with or without additional personal compensation. Acceptance decreased with greater discomfort and increased with both larger charitable donations and personal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015593098

Show one more version 1

Incentives and Prosocial Discomfort : A Laboratory Experiment

Steward, Grace E.; Macis, Mario; Lacetera, Nicola; … - 2026

Book / Working Paper

Bequest division : the roles of parental motives and children's gender composition

Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Olivera, Javier; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2025

Drawing on two data sources from across Europe, we show that both bequest motives of parents and children’s gender composition shape unequal divisions of bequests. First, the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe reveals that observed bequests are divided unequally when children...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015373801

Show 2 more versions 2

Bequest division : the roles of parental motives and children's gender composition

Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Olivera, Javier; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Bequest division : the roles of parental motives and children's gender composition

Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Olivera, Javier; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2025

Book / Working Paper

High cost of survival promotes the evolution of cooperation

Smirnov, Oleg - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015471915

Show one more version 1

High cost of survival promotes the evolution of cooperation

Smirnov, Oleg - 2025

Article

Misconceptions about the theoretical support for family firm long-term orientation

Chua, Jess H.; Chrisman, James J.; Wang, Hao; Wu, Saisai - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015358158

Absolute versus relative inequality and social preferences : a comparative study between Mozambique and Viet Nam

Ferreira, Ines A.; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Tarp, Finn - 2025

Knowledge of the factors driving people's views on redistribution in the Global South remains limited. While these societies occupy top positions in inequality rankings, redistribution levels tend to be lower. We combine survey and experimental data from Mozambique and Viet Nam to test whether...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015395454

At home and abroad : comparing sustainable behaviour and willingness to pay across contexts

Dodds, Rachel; Holmes, Mark Robert - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015419766

Bequests

Horioka, Charles - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015420480

Show 4 more versions 4

Bequests

Horioka, Charles - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Bequests

Horioka, Charles - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Bequests

Horioka, Charles - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Bequests

Horioka, Charles - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Family head and household educational expenditure in three-generation households : evidence from China

Yin, Xiangyun; Sasaki, Yosuke - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015450368

Charity, conviction, and social norms : personal worldview conviction as a predictor of charitable giving

Enete, Shane; Todd, Timothy M. - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015453317

Self-selection into health professions

Fedele, Alessandro; Tonin, Mirco; Wiesen, Daniel - 2025

The health sector requires skilled, altruistic, and motivated individuals to perform complex tasks for which ex-post incentives may prove ineffective. Understanding the determinants of self-selection into health professions is therefore critical. We investigate this issue relying on data from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015411555

Show 2 more versions 2

Self-selection into health professions

Fedele, Alessandro; Tonin, Mirco; Wiesen, Daniel - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Self-selection into health professions

Fedele, Alessandro; Tonin, Mirco; Wiesen, Daniel - 2025

Book / Working Paper

How can religion shape pro-environmental behavior in a materialistic world? : contrasting idealism with realism religious epics

Das, Manish; Lim, Weng Marc; Paul, Subhrajit; Roy, Abhirupa - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015456457

Moral emotions and beliefs influence charitable giving

Ridinger, Garret; Carpenter, Anne - 2025

This paper studies the influence of moral emotions and beliefs on understanding charitable giving. While specific moral emotions such as empathy, guilt, and shame have been associated with prosocial behavior, how they impact giving behavior may depend on beliefs about the giving of others. Using...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015561379

From promotion to prevention : the influence of de-influencers on sustainable consumer behavioral intentions

Elsantil, Yasmeen; Sekar, Samuel Babu; Abo Hamza, Eid; … - 2025

This study looks at how people who discourage certain products might help in sustainable purchasing decisions. It does this by looking at credibility, authenticity, and altruism. The aim of this study is to differentiate the impact of homophily and sustainable lifestyle commitment on behavioral...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015608020

Saving local restaurants : the impact of altruism, self-enhancement, and affiliation on restaurant customers' EWOM behavior

Hanks, Lydia; Line, Nathaniel D.; Dogru, Tarik; Lu, Lu - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014633477

Ends versus means : kantians, utilitarians, and moral decisions

Bénabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Henkel, Luca - 2024

Choosing what is morally right can be based on the consequences (ends) resulting from the decision – the Consequentialist view – or on the conformity of the means involved with some overarching notion of duty – the Deontological view. Using a series of experiments, we investigate the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014461859

Show one more version 1

Ends versus means : Kantians, utilitarians, and moral decisions

Bénabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Henkel, Luca - 2024 - This version: January 15, 2024

Edition: This version: January 15, 2024

Book / Working Paper

Altruism, human capital and environmental preservation in a globalized economy

Bouché, Stéphane; Modesto, Leonor - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015465775

Show one more version 1

Altruism, human capital and environmental preservation in a globalized economy

Bouché, Stéphane; Modesto, Leonor - 2024

Book / Working Paper

The missing type : where are the inequality averse (students)?

Epper, Thomas; Senn, Julien; Fehr, Ernst - 2024

The empirical evidence on the existence of social preferences—or lack thereof—is predominantly based on student samples. Yet, knowledge about whether these findings can be extended to the general population is still scarce. In this paper, we compare the distribution of social preferences in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014502446

Show 2 more versions 2

The missing type : where are the inequality averse (students)?

Epper, Thomas; Senn, Julien; Fehr, Ernst - 2024

Book / Working Paper

The missing type : where are the inequality averse (students)?

Epper, Thomas; Senn, Julien; Fehr, Ernst - 2023

Book / Working Paper

When transparency fails : how altruistic framing sustains demand for useless advice despite complete information

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Riyanto, Yohanes Eko; Zhang, Xiaojie - 2024

This study examines whether complete transparency about the randomness of prediction-generating processes mitigates the hot hand fallacy and the conditions under which it may fail. In a pre-registered laboratory experiment (N=750), we showed that transparency about the prediction-generating...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015134983

Altruistic giving and risk taking in human affairs

Stark, Oded; Balbus, Lukasz - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015445372

Show 2 more versions 2

Altruistic giving and risk taking in human affairs

Stark, Oded; Balbus, Lukasz - 2024

Book / Working Paper

Altruistic giving and risk taking in human affairs

Stark, Oded; Balbus, Lukasz - 2024

Book / Working Paper

Altruistic care for the elderly in Thailand : does the social gender norm on altruistic behavior matter?

Minh Tam T. Bui; Vlaev, Ivo; Imai, Katsushi S. - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015153100

Show one more version 1

Altruistic care for the elderly in Thailand : does the social gender norm on altruistic behavior matter?

Minh Tam T. Bui; Vlaev, Ivo; Imai, Katsushi S. - 2024 - This draft: 31st October 2024

Edition: This draft: 31st October 2024

Book / Working Paper

Going green? : on the drivers of individuals' green bank adoption

Merli, Maxime; Pallud, Jessie; Pulikova, Mariya - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015097536

A two-generation model with altruism for reverse mortgage demand

Wang, Yunxiao; Hanewald, Katja; Shao, Zilin; Bateman, Hazel - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015386863

Show one more version 1

A two‐generation model with altruism for reverse mortgage demand

Wang, Yunxiao; Hanewald, Katja; Shao, Zilin; Bateman, Hazel - 2024

Book / Working Paper

Incentive-induced social tie and subsequent altruism and cooperation

Gioia, Francesca - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015053473

Online social enterprise customer behaviour : influences of e-commerce, social media, and altruism on online impulsive buying

Čhanthimā Bančhongprasœ̄t - 2024

Many studies have considered online consumer behaviour topics. The growth of e-commerce and social media leads us to examine their effects on online customer behaviour, especially online impulsive buying behaviour. In addition, online customers buying commercial and social enterprise (SE)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015443684

Risking your health to help others : the effect of pandemic severity on volunteering

Meier, Dominik Stefan; Petrig, Amadeus; Schnurbein, … - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014581586

Antitrust's normative economic theory needs a reboot

Glick, Mark A.; Lozada, Gabriel A.; Bush, Darren - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015515712

Show one more version 1

Antitrust's normative economic theory needs a reboot

Glick, Mark A.; Lozada, Gabriel A.; Bush, Darren - 2024

Book / Working Paper

Who vaccinates when others matter? Social-circle mediated altruism in a heterogeneous vaccination game

Amann, Erwin; Alyousuf, Manar - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015608827

Incentives and Prosocial Discomfort: A Laboratory Experiment

Steward, Grace E.; Macis, Mario; Lacetera, Nicola; … - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015615906

Who vaccinates when others matter? : social-circle mediated altruism in a heterogeneous vaccination game

Amann, Erwin; Alyousuf, Manar - 2026

We develop a population game with heterogeneous infection-loss types and social-circle mediated prosociality, where altruists internalize expected infection losses within a setting-specific circle. Equilibrium admits closed-form cutoff rules and an aggregate non-vaccination rate that reduces to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015608488

Altruism and self-interest in constitutional reform : the case of the British abolition of slavery and the slave trade

Meadowcroft, John - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015592840

The Samaritan bureaucracy in international transfers

Coyne, Christopher J.; Hall, Abigail R.; Alshamy, Yahya - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015592841

Buchanan meets Tullock : aid, contests, and the Samaritan's dilemma

Dughera, Stefano; Marciano, Alain - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015592843

Eliciting emotions through e-WOM : a lever for enhancing blood donation?!

Kaltenbrunner, Katharina Anna; Stötzer, Sandra; Weber, … - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015625311

Evolutionary branching of social preferences in a public good provision game

Cheikbossian, Guillaume; Peña, Jorge - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015637959

Population density and prosocial behavior : social norms and interdependence as alternative accounts

Sheehan, Benjamin; Dissanayake, Pramodhya; … - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015638534

Time-consistent individuals, time-inconsistent households

Hertzberg, Andrew - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015650561

The limits of moral wiggle room : plausible deniability in public good games

Arroyos-Calvera, Danae; Sofianos, Andis - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015652087

Of love and other motives : the within-family distribution of gifts and inheritances

Alessie, Rob; Angelini, Viola; Suari-Andreu, Eduard - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015668914

HR practices and organisational citizenship behaviour : streamlining the process

Mohanty, Piyusa Kumar; Rao, K. N.; Kumar Das, Santanu - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015628463

Intertemporal universalism

Hagenbach, Jeanne; Saucet, Charlotte - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015640606

A commentary on Fezzey et al. (2024) : will the real CEO activist stand up? : an examination of CEO ultimate motives for activism

Miron, Anca M.; Moser, Charlotte E.; Branscombe, Nyla R. - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015666257

Cross-national study of transparency in CSR communication and corporate trust : mediating roles of perceived altruism and perceived skepticism

Rim, Hyejoon; Dong, Chuqing; Zhang, Yafei - 2026

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015668932

Using willingness to pay to measure the strength of altruistic motives

Gangadharan, Lata; Grossman, Philip Johnson; Xue, Nina - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014312429

Show 2 more versions 2

Using willingness to pay to measure the strength of altruistic motives

Gangadharan, Lata; Grossman, Philip Johnson; Xue, Nina - 2023

Book / Working Paper

Using Willingness to Pay to Measure the Strength of Altruistic Motives

Gangadharan, Lata; Grossman, Philip Johnson; Xue, Nina - 2023

Book / Working Paper

Piercing the "payoff function" veil : tracing beliefs and motives

Fenig, Guidon; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Halevy, Yoram - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10013549887

Show 2 more versions 2

Piercing the "payoff function" veil : tracing beliefs and motives

Fenig, Guidon; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Halevy, Yoram - 2018

Book / Working Paper

Piercing the "payoff function" veil : tracing beliefs and motives

Fenig, Guidon; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Halevy, Yoram - 2018

Book / Working Paper

Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour : evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Scervini, Francesco - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014372986

Show 2 more versions 2

Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour : evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Scervini, Francesco - 2023

Book / Working Paper

Social media charity campaigns and pro-social behaviour : evidence from the Ice Bucket Challenge

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Scervini, Francesco - 2023

Book / Working Paper

Who is in favor of affirmative action? : representative evidence from an experiment and a survey

Herzog, Sabrina; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Trieu, Chi; … - 2023

Although affirmative action remains controversial, little is known about who supports or opposes it and why. This paper investigates preferences for affirmative action by combining causal evidence from an experiment on the role of self-serving motives and in-group favoritism with survey data on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014432670

Show 2 more versions 2

Who is in favor of affirmative action? : representative evidence from an experiment and a survey

Herzog, Sabrina; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Trieu, Chi; … - 2023

Book / Working Paper

Who is in favor of affirmative action? : representative evidence from an experiment and a survey

Herzog, Sabrina; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Trieu, Chi; … - 2023

Book / Working Paper

Confucianism and the altruistic behaviour in the succession of family firms : evidence from asset write-downs

Cheng, Minying; Chen, Menglu; Liu, Jun - 2023

This paper explores how Confucianism influences the altruistic behaviour during family firm successions. Using a sample of Chinese listed family firms which have transferred the power to family successors during 2005-2018, we find that family firms deeply influenced by Confucianism intend to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014316849

Order effects in eliciting preferences

Kopsacheilis, Orestis; Goerg, Sebastian J. - 2023

Having an accurate account of preferences help governments design better policies for their citizens, organizations develop more efficient incentive schemes for their employees and adjust their product to better suit their clients' needs. The plethora of elicitation methods most commonly used...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014319143

Factors influencing internet giving behaviour and altruism among young graduates in Malaysia

Hanudin Amin; Suhartanto, Dwi; Mohd Fahmi Ghazali; Ali, … - 2023

This research investigates the factors affecting the internet giving behaviour among young graduates in Malaysia. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was employed as a baseline theory to examine the effects of altruism, attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control. The analysis...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014321343

Concern for animals, other farmers, or oneself? : assessing farmers' support for a policy to improve animal welfare

Läpple, Doris; Osawe, Osayanmon Wellington - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de, ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10014306277