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Altruism and beyond : an economic analysis of transfers and exchanges within families and groups /

This book employs economic methodology to study the motives for and the repercussions of transfers and exchanges within families, between generations, and within groups. The book shows how the allocative behavior and wellbeing of one family member depend on his altruistic link with another family me...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stark, Oded
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Series:Oscar Morgenstern memorial lectures.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Altruism, transfers, and wellbeing
  • The timing of intergenerational transfers: an implication
  • An exchange implication of transfers: the demonstration effect
  • Transfers by migrants: a strategic motive for remittances
  • Exchange with recognition costs: an explanation of migrants' performance
  • Intrafamilial transfers and exchanges: forming and sustaining altruism.