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Gift Books Received At Uri July 2011 To June 2012, Michael Vocino
Gift Books Received At Uri July 2011 To June 2012, Michael Vocino
michael c vocino
Gift books received by the University of Rhode Island Libraries from 2011-2012. Information includes date of donation, name of donor, and number of titles donated.
Gift Books Received At Uri July 2012 To June 2013, Michael Vocino
Gift Books Received At Uri July 2012 To June 2013, Michael Vocino
michael c vocino
Gift books received by the University of Rhode Island Libraries from 2012-2013. Information includes date of donation, name of donor, and number of titles donated.
Gift Exchanges In Edo Castle, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D.
Gift Exchanges In Edo Castle, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D.
Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.
The Japanese love of gift-giving was firmly established during the Edo period, specifically under the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi. This study was done as part of inquiry into the institution of Ooku, and I remark on the significance of gift exchanges as substitute social activities for the women of Ooku.
Gift Giving And The Creation Of Trust, Martin Mathews
Gift Giving And The Creation Of Trust, Martin Mathews
Martin Mathews
We examine the role that gift giving plays in industrial districts and in particular the role of gift giving in the creation of inter-organisational trust. Inter-organisational exchanges in a mature industrial district are analyzed using Mauss’ theoretical framework of gift-giving, receiving and counter-giving. Actors in embedded network relationships frequently exchange gifts and favours. This gift giving is a fundamental part of the relationship. Gift giving is found to be instrumental in creating and maintaining relationships, defining group and individual identity and resolving conflicts. The originality of our findings lies in the fact that despite the ideology of the purely altruistic …
Interrelated Consumer Preference And Voluntary Exchange, Ted Bergstrom
Interrelated Consumer Preference And Voluntary Exchange, Ted Bergstrom
Ted C Bergstrom
This paper presents a model of interrelated preferences for pairs of individuals. It investigates the possibility of an equilibrium with voluntary transactions. It identifies the puzzling case of two people who disagree because each wants the other to have the better part and shows that if this is assumed away, then there exists a competitive equilibrium with voluntary bilateral gifts.
A Scandinavian Consensus Solution For Efficient Income Distribution Among Nonmalevolent Consumers, Ted Bergstrom
A Scandinavian Consensus Solution For Efficient Income Distribution Among Nonmalevolent Consumers, Ted Bergstrom
Ted C Bergstrom
If Persons A and B are both benevolent to C, then a gift from A to C also benefits B. Thus C's income is like a public good to A and B. What happens with lots of people whose affections are entangled? This paper shows that a "distributional Lindahl equilibrium" exists and leads to an efficient income redistribution.