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- FEELS SO GOOD: A team of economists and psychologists at the University of Oregon have discovered that giving money to charity activates parts of the brain that have to do with the experience of pleasure. The researchers see this as evidence that there is such a thing as pure altruism--people...
- Research articles 2007-07-10
- 'Tis the season to give money –– as long as people are watching
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Christmas might be the season of goodwill and a time to help the needy, but a new study has found that people are conspicuously more generous in giving when observed by others. "You see this a lot around the holidays within families and social networks," Robb...
- Research articles 2006-12-24
- References
- Altonji, Joseph G.; Fumio Hayashi; and Lawrence J. Kotlikoff. 1997. "Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence." Journal of Political Economy. 105(6): pp.1121-66. Becker, Gary. "A Theory of Social Interactions," Journal of Political Economy 82(6), November/December 1974, 1063-93. Bernheim, B. Douglas, Andrei Shleifer, and Lawrence H....
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Altruism Via Laziness
- My friend Andy continues his streak of amusing candor when he fesses up to the real reason behind his end-of-the-school-year altruism:I don't know what else to do with them and seemingly all of my classes are changing the textbook next semester, so I have decided to donate my textbooks to...
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Altruistic Meerkats
- Altruism, according to evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton, sometimes evolves among social species if the altruistic individuals share a large number of genes with the individuals they are helping. Evidence to support Hamilton's kin-selection model has been found for various social insects as well as for hyenas, kingfishers, and mole...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
- Work and Welfare
- Edited by Amy Gutmann. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. Pp. xix, 100. $19.95. Work and Welfare, edited by Amy Gutmann and published by the Princeton University Press, is a compilation of lectures given in the Princeton University Tanner Lectures Series on Human Values. The format of the series...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- Work and Welfare
- By Robert M. Solow with comments by Glenn C. Loury, Anthony Lewis, John E. Roemer, and Gertrude Himmelfarb. Edited by Amy Gutman. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998. Pp. xv, 100. $19.95 cloth. This slim volume comes from the 1996-1997 Tanner Lectures on Human Values delivered by Robert Solow...
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- Blood and altruism - Richard M. Titmuss' criticism on the commercialization of blood
- To what extent can we - and to what extent should we - rely on altruism to provide for the needy? That is the overarching question of a provocative book published in 1970 by British social scientist Richard M. Titmuss. Recently restored to print in a revised edition,(1) The Gift...
- Research articles 1999-06-22
- Clinton deserves praise for his call to altruism - Column
- No speech in the Clinton campaign was more inspirational than the candidate's remarks at the University of Notre Dame last September. As president, Clinton didn't match it until his March 1 speech at Rutgers University. At both campuses, he issued calls for national service for college students. At Notre...
- Research articles 1993-03-26
- Conditional Lending Under Altruism
- This paper analyzes how the altruism of an international financial institution IFI towards its low-income member countries LICs alters the effectiveness of its loans. It studies IFI loans to a credit-constrained LIC. The IFI's repayment policy is determined by the interplay of its concerns for the welfare of the loan...
- White papers 2004-06-01
Additional Resources
- Struggling Lawrence, Mass., Textile Firm May Be Paying a Price for Altruism.
- By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 21--The continuing saga at Malden Mills Industries Inc. is turning into a case study of whether altruism makes good business sense. Six years ago, the Lawrence textile company gained...
- Research articles 2001-11-21
- Kinship and altruism: a cross-cultural experimental study.
- Humans are characterized by an unusual level of prosociality. Despite this, considerable indirect evidence suggests that biological kinship plays an important role in altruistic behaviour. All previous reports of the influence of kin selection on human altruism have, however, used correlational rather than experimental designs, or imposed only a hypothetical...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Poll: The Right Thing for the Wrong Reason?
- Poll: The Right Thing for the Wrong Reason?Yes, but...Motives are hidden and results are transparent. Who determines beyond an unseen force what someone's true motive for doing something is? I'm not certain have been taught that altruism is good and selfishness is bad, in which case they are still seeking...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Wall St. vow: for richer, for poorer; Investment banks begin conducting more community business in urban areas.(Goldman Sachs Group Inc. )(Brief Article)
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is better known for keeping a cold eye on its profit margins than for its altruism. So it may come as a surprise that Wall Street's premier firm is aggressively investing its own monies into minority firms as well as ...
- Research articles 2001-06-18
- Different day for United Way
- Charity rivals clamor for equal access to payroll plans JEFF BORDEN If charity once began in the home, it now starts primarily in the workplace, where Chicago-area employees funnel millions to altruism through payroll-deduction plans. No organizationCharity rivals clamor for equal access to payroll plans...
- Research articles 1997-12-08
- Coca-Cola Negotiates Deal with Kansas University.(Originated from Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.)
- LAWRENCE, Kan.--Aug. 7--Coca-Cola executives had more than altruism in mind when negotiating to become the exclusive soft drink supplier for Kansas University. LAWRENCE, Kan.--Aug. 7--Coca-Cola executives had more than altruism in mind when negotiating to become the exclusive soft drink ...
- Research articles 1997-08-07
- Revenge of the Liberal Arts Graduates?
- Geoffrey Moore, author of the pathbreaking and essential business book Crossing the Chasm, just blogged about the Davos 07 theme "The Shifting Power Equation." Moore says:The shift from computing to communications also has profound implications for the redistribution of power. As the Internet continues to work its transformation of the...
- Blog posts 2007-01-26
- Revenge of the Liberal Arts Graduates?
- Geoffrey Moore, author of the pathbreaking and essential business book Crossing the Chasm, just blogged about the Davos '07 theme "The Shifting Power Equation." Moore says:The shift from computing to communications also has profound implications for the redistribution of power. As the Internet continues to work its transformation of the...
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- How to Make Your IT Greener
- Our post last month pointing out that servers guzzle as much energy as SUVs got a big response, but many readers asked a very reasonable question: businesses can't be expected to get rid of their IT, so how can they reduce IT energy expenditures? As we pointed...
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Life Insurance and Household Consumption
- This paper uses data of life insurance holdings by age, sex, and marital status to infer how individuals value consumption in different demographic stages. Essentially, the paper use revealed preference to estimate equivalence scales and altruism simultaneously in the context of a fully specified model with agents facing U.S. demographic...
- White papers 2004-07-01
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