The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism

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Reciprocity is a pervasive type of social interaction in encounters, groups and organizations. This volume gathers basic recent works in its main domains such as the theory of reciprocity, the public economics of transfers, the economics of the family, charities, gifts of organs, or the motivations for gift-giving. The book constitutes a landmark in this rapidly expanding field of research. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism (Serge-Christophe Kolm)....Pages 1-44 Front Matter ....Pages 45-45 The Common Property Nature of Market-inalienability (Emanuel D. Thorne)....Pages 47-77 Preference Variation and Private Donations (Erik Schokkaert, Luc Van Ootegem)....Pages 78-95 Gift Equilibrium and the Liberal Distributive Social Contract: A Tentative Synthesis (Jean Mercier Ythier)....Pages 96-112 Front Matter ....Pages 113-113 The Theory of Reciprocity (Serge-Christophe Kolm)....Pages 115-141 Equity, Fairness Equilibria and Coordination in the Ultimatum Game (Claude Meidinger)....Pages 142-152 Fairness and Retaliation (Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter)....Pages 153-173 Transfers, Empathy Formation, and Reverse Transfers (Oded Stark, Ita Falk)....Pages 174-181 Things You Don’t Give or Sell but Which You Keep: Valuable and Social Objects (Maurice Godelier)....Pages 182-195 Altruism and Poverty in an African Context (François-Régis Mahieu)....Pages 196-203 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 Intergenerational Transmission Models: A Survey (Anne Laferrère)....Pages 207-225 Mutual Interest, Self-enforcing Constitutions and Apparent Generosity (Alessandro Cigno, Furio C. Rosati)....Pages 226-247 Intergenerational Equity in a Model of Endogenous Growth (Claude d’Aspremont, Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Philippe Michel)....Pages 248-259 Conflicts within Economic Dynasties: Selfishness versus Descending Altruism (Alain de Crombrugghe, Louis Gevers)....Pages 260-274 Tax-transfer Policy with Altruists and Non-altruists (Philippe Michel, Pierre Pestieau)....Pages 275-284 Strategic and Altruistic Remittances (Frederic Docquier, Hillel Rapoport)....Pages 285-297 Reciprocity with Two-sided Altruism in Intergenerational Transfers: Evidence from Indonesian Family Life Survey Data (Lakshmi K. Raut, Lien H. Tran)....Pages 298-313 The Nature of Two-directional Intergenerational Transfers of Money and Time: An Empirical Analysis (Yannis M. Ioannides, Kamhon Kan)....Pages 314-331 Front Matter ....Pages 333-333 The Ecology of Altruistic Motivations in Triadic Social Environments (Angelo Antoci, Pier Luigi Sacco, Stefano Zamagni)....Pages 335-351 On the Evolution of Altruism (Oded Stark)....Pages 352-358 Efficiency and Stability of Relationships with Local Altruistic Commitment (Ottorino Chillemi, Benedetto Gui)....Pages 359-374 Back Matter ....Pages 375-387