Family altruism and incentives

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-81

  Gatti, Roberta ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Principal agent; Ricardian equivalence

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; INCOME; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 17844378997     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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