Individual Motivation, Its Nature, Determinants and Consequences for within Group Behaviour

Sabina Alkire and S. Deneulin

Research Paper from World Institute for Development Economics Research

Abstract: The paper deals with evaluating the adequacy of the assumption that in economic transactions people are self-interested insofar as they are motivated solely by the concern of maximizing their utility, and in particular with assessing how this assumption affects within-group behaviour.

Keywords: BEHAVIOUR; RATIONAL CHOICE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 C91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2000
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Working Paper: Individual Motivation, its Nature, Determinants and Consequences for Within Group Behavior (1998)
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