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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| Main Author: | Magdalena Adamus |
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| Format: | Article |
| 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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