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Do pigs have altruistic behaviour based on cognitive empathy? [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Vet Res
Zhang Y   +7 more
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On the existence of altruistic value and utility functions

Theory and Decision, 2016
Altruism is a popular economic explanation for a wide range of pro-social decisions and actions. It has been applied frequently in several different streams of literature, and is a descriptively compelling model of behavior. This paper provides a theoretical framework for the existence of ordinal and cardinal altruistic value functions, as well as ...
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Public library valuation, nonuse values, and altruistic motivations

Library & Information Science Research, 2004
Abstract Pressure on public budgets makes it important to quantify the value of public libraries to citizens and society. Public library services cause both direct and indirect benefits, corresponding to use, option, and nonuse values. Empirical data from a study of public libraries in Norway indicate that approximately 40% of their total value is ...
Svanhild Aabø, Jon Strand
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Altruistic and Private Values For Saving Lives With an Oyster Consumption Safety Program

Risk Analysis, 2020
AbstractWe use data from an Internet‐based survey and estimate the benefits of an oyster consumption safety policy with the contingent valuation method. In addition to providing a context‐specific estimate of willingness‐to‐pay for oyster safety, we consider an important issue in the contingent valuation mortality risk reduction literature. A number of
John C, Whitehead   +4 more
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Naïve Narcissists or Affable Altruists? A Comparison of Millennial and GenX Values

Journal of Business Diversity, 2020
Millennials have been characterized as self-indulgent and humanitarian. Critics argue the values ascribed to Millennials are simply a function of developmental rather than true differences between generational members. This cross-temporal study used age-controlled, archival data collected from working adults to assess generational differences on 10 ...
Leah Tecle, Jennifer L. Kisamore
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