Contributor
Costa-i-Font, Joan, editor.
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2017]
Descriptionvi, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Social economics: current and emerging avenues / Joan Costa-Font and Mario Macis -- Social preferences, public policy, and gender / Philipp Zahn and Evguenia Winschel -- Who gains from competition? The ultimatum game in a labor-market setting in Ghana / Elwyn Davies and Marcel Fafchamps -- Why give away your wealth? An analysis of the billionaires' view / Jana Sadeh, Mirco Tonin, and Michael Vlassopoulos -- Altruism and egoism/warm glow in economics and psychology: building a bridge between different experimental approaches / Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm -- The microeconomics of trust / Luigi Guiso -- Measuring value diversity within countries / Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Mariko J. Klasing -- Cultural persistence and the pill / Kelly Ragan -- Cultural determinants of gender roles: "Pragmatism" as an underpinning attitude toward gender equality among children of immigrants / Martin Ljunge -- The role of repugnance in the development of markets: the case of the market for transplantable kidneys / Julio Jorge Elias -- Cultural attitudes and the "Traditional Medicines Paradox": evidence from Ghana and the Philippines / Joan Costa-Font and Azusa Sato -- Changing culture to change society? / Miereia Borrell-Porta, Joan Costa-Font, and Azusa Sato -- The role of children in building parents' social networks / Odelia Heizler and Ayal Kimhi -- Individual fundraising: the power of the personal / Abigail Payne, Kimberley Scharf, and Sarah Smith.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
