Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
971272 The Journal of Socio-Economics 2012 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

This study measures the relative importance of selfishness and social capital motives using resource allocation data collected in hypothetical surveys and non-hypothetical experiments. Social capital motives allow an agent's well-being to be influenced by his sympathetic relationships with others. The assumption that selfishness can explain nearly all resource allocations is rejected.

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