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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stark, Oded, author.

Series:

Oscar Morgenstern memorial lectures.

Oscar Morgenstern memorial lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Methodology.

Economics.

Families--Economic aspects.

Families.

Exchange.

Altruism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 142 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Altruism & Beyond

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do altruistic links affect allocative behavior and wellbeing? Can the processes of transmission and probable acquisition of parental traits result in a stable equilibrium where all agents are altruists? Why do children furnish their parents with attention and care? Does the timing of the intergenerational transfer of the family's productive asset affect the recipient's incentive to acquire human capital? Why do migrants remit? Altruism and Beyond provides answers to these and related questions. In addition, it traces some of the market repercussions of the intrafamilial, intergenerational, and intragroup transfers and exchanges that it models.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11257-5

0-511-15209-4

0-511-05308-8

0-511-49360-6

0-511-11616-0

1-280-15186-2

0-521-66373-3

0-511-32331-X

OCLC:

475917073