In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish
money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the conditions
under which people deviate from this prediction and when they are
prepared to contribute to the common good in a more altruistic
fashion. Based on field experiments from charitable giving, Stephan
Meier analyses people's decisions to contribute to public goods. He
argues that people are more likely to contribute if their giving is
matched by more money - people are generous if their peers also
show this trait. He investigates the conditions under which people
are willing to voluntarily contribute and draws conclusions on how
the empirical findings influence economic theory and policy.
Academic economists interested in behavioural economics or public
economics will find The Economics of Non-selfish Behaviour of great
interest as will the general public interested in developments in
economics.
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