Altruism, Morality, and Economic Theory

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Preface Introduction / Edmund S. Phelps Part 1 Gifts and Exchanges / Kenneth J. Arrow Economics of Trust, Altruism, and Corporate Responsibility / Roland N. McKean Business Responsibility and Economic Behavior / William J. Baumol Comment / Guido Calabresi Comment / Thomas Nagel Part 2 The Samaritan's Dilemma / James M. Buchanan The Indeterminancy of Game-Equilibrium Growth in the Absence of an Ethic / Edmund S. Phelps A Mathematical Note / Wilfried M. A. Pauwels Charity: Altruism or Cooperative Egoism? / Peter Hammond Comment / Edward F. McClennen Comment / Karl Shell Part 3 Private Philanthropy and Public Finance / William Vickrey Toward a Theory of the Voluntary Non-Profit Sector in a Three-Sector Economy / Burton A. Weisbrod Toward a Behavioral Theory of Philanthropic Activity / Bruce R. Bolnick Comment / Amartya Sen Index