Are Turkish Enterpreneurs Altrustic? Evidence From Western Black Sea Region

Hakan Saribas () and Halil Yıldırım

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Abstract: In this paper, we examine the level of altruistic motive of entrepreneurs who live in three cities of Western Black Sea Region of Turkey, Zonguldak, Bartın and Karabuk. Members of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in these cities were randomly selected and surveyed about four aspects of altruism: altruistic love, altruistic values, altruistic behaviors and empathy. We have also asked for their opinions about how government decision makers should be in the public service. It is found that entrepreneurs have a significant amount of altruism, and that they think that government decision makers (politicians and high-ranked bureaucrats) should be genuine altruists.

Keywords: Altruism; Performance of Government; Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 H11 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06-01
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Published in The Emprical Economic Letters 1.7(2008): pp. 99-108

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