Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism
and Reciprocity, Vol. 1-2
edited by Serge-Christophe Kolm Jean Mercier
Ythier
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.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.show more
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.show more
.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.show more
