Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity

Applications

Serge-Christophe Kolm editor Jean Mercier Ythier editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology

Published:19th Jul '06

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Provides a set of reviews of literature on the economics of nonmarket voluntary transfers. This work contain chapters that present the hard core of the theoretical and empirical analyses of giving, reciprocity and altruism in economics, and more. It also considers aspects of society where nonmarket voluntary transfers are significant.The Handbook on the Economics of Giving, Reciprocity and Altruism provides a comprehensive set of reviews of literature on the economics of nonmarket voluntary transfers. The foundations of the field are reviewed first, with a sequence of chapters that present the hard core of the theoretical and empirical analyses of giving, reciprocity and altruism in economics, examining their relations with the viewpoints of moral philosophy, psychology, sociobiology, sociology and economic anthropology. Secondly, a comprehensive set of applications are considered of all the aspects of society where nonmarket voluntary transfers are significant: family and intergenerational transfers; charity and charitable institutions; the nonprofit economy; interpersonal relations in the workplace; the Welfare State; and international aid.

ISBN: 9780444521453

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1370g

752 pages