Reasons for Doing Good: Behavioural Explanations of Prosociality in Economics
This paper discusses issues of altruism and prosocial behaviour within economics. The first part discusses relations between understanding of expected utility theory and features of an economic man. It also defines the most important properties of the game and provides some simple solutions. The sec...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre of Sociological Research, Szczecin
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Economics & Sociology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.economics-sociology.eu/?475,en_reasons-for-doing-good-behavioural-explanations-of-prosociality-in-economics |
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| Summary: | This paper discusses issues of altruism and prosocial behaviour within economics. The first part discusses relations between understanding of expected utility theory and features of an economic man. It also defines the most important properties of the game and provides some simple solutions. The second part includes a critical overview of selected and increasingly complex concepts explaining the phenomenon of prosocial behaviour. It begins with models focusing only on final allocations and ends with those studying the role of intentions, motivations and social status of agents. It also shows how needs, social conditions, norms and individual characteristics affect the propensity to behave prosocially. |
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| ISSN: | 2071-789X 2306-3459 |