Making use of the past: Theorists and historians on the economics of altruism

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 407-422

  Fontaine, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Altruism; Edgeworth; Empathy; Smith; Sympathy; Wicksteed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040393403     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: 14695936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672560050192125     Document Type: Article

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