... of partner selection arrangements – (1) stranger, (2) face-to-face interface with a peer and (3) friend. Findings From the experimental results, the authors found that the proposers reflected greater degree of altruism towards proposers' partners and also expected greater degree of altruism...

... assumes that these two decisions are interdependent. This migrant-level study is the first to segregate single- and multiple-migrant settings and compare them for the existence of altruism or inheritance motives. Findings The findings indicate altruism as the main motive behind remittances...

...Didier Yélognissè Alia; Nicolas Ponty; Ignace Kamga Tchwaket Purpose The economic literature identifies two families of motives for private transfers: altruism and exchange. Altruistic models postulates that transfers are unselfish assistance to vulnerable and poor households. Exchange models...

...Enrico Colombatto; Valerio Tavormina Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether altruism justifies ad hoc legislation with reference to three different contexts. One is defined by the libertarian notion of liberty; a second framework corresponds to the egalitarian vision; and a third...

...Rafael Terra; Enlinson Mattos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role played by the geographic distance between the poor and non‐poor in the local demand for income redistribution and, in particular, to provide an empirical test of the geographically limited altruism model...

... altruism at one end and selfishness at the other is an obvious distortion of the real character of man's variable needs both to receive and to give […] It is necessary to identify both types of inner‐impulse to fully account for motivation and behavior. The typology calls attention to the four basic modes...

...Philipp C. Wichardt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the question of how far costly transfers of economic benefits to others, often understood in economics as instances of (behavioural) altruism, can be motivated by individual group status concerns, i.e. without the common reference...

... is (T_E, T_{A) as shown in the top right hand panel of Figure 4. We have presented a simple framework within which a public policy analyst might consider the benefits of promoting altruism. The type of support for altruism that we consider here is different from that which}...

... as this dissatisfaction is outweighed by the positive satisfaction from consuming the goods received in the transfer. Even if the altruist is not poor, he would more than likely be willing to accept some gifts from others, particularly if these gifts are token in nature. Motivation (psychology) Welfare Altruism...