FOR LOVE OR REWARD? CHARACTERISING PREFERENCES FOR GIVING TO PARENTS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SETTING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Porter, Maria; Adams, Abi
• 署名单位: Michigan State University; University of Oxford; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12248
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 2424-2445
• 关键词: other-regarding behavior; private transfers; impure altruism; social networks; Dictator games; public-goods; money pump; RECIPROCITY; VIOLATIONS; distance

摘要

Understanding the motivations behind intergenerational transfers is an important and active research area in economics. The existence and responsiveness of familial transfers have consequences for the design of intra and intergenerational redistributive programmes, particularly as such programmes may crowd out private transfers amongst altruistic family members. Yet, despite theoretical and empirical advances in this area, significant gaps in our knowledge remain. In this article, we advance the current literature by shedding light on both the motivation for providing intergenerational transfers, and on the nature of preferences for such giving behaviour, by using experimental techniques and revealed preference methods.