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Explaining Gift Beh...
Explaining Gift Behavior: Altruism or Social Norms? Theory and Evidence from Romania
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- Mitrut, Andreea, 1977 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Nordblom, Katarina, 1968 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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- Göteborg, 2007
- English.
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Series: Working Papers in Economics (online), 1403-2465 ; 262
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Abstract
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- This paper examines the motives behind inter-household gift transfers. A theoretical model is developed where, besides altruistic income redistribution, social norms (related to e.g. customs and traditions) motivate gift giving. We apply the model to Romania, a country where private gifts are very important, and find evidence for social norms being the main motive for gift giving. However, different norms determine gift transfers to poor and non-poor households. Moreover, we find no crowding-out effects from public pensions on private gifts.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Transfers
- altruism
- reciprocity
- Romania
- social norms. JEL: Z13
- J14
- R20
- I30
- H55
- D10
Publication and Content Type
- vet (subject category)
- rap (subject category)
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