Is It True Love? Altruism Versus Exchange in Time and Money Transfers

Economist (Netherlands)

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-213

  Alessie, Rob ^a,c   Angelini, Viola ^a,c   Pasini, Giacomo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Exchange; Intergenerational transfers

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MODEL TEST; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POLICY APPROACH; TAX SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84902366461     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-013-9221-5     Document Type: Article

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