Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise
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Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise

9781849804639 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Luigino Bruni, Professor of Political Economy, Department of Law, Economics, Politics and Modern languages, LUMSA University and Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna and Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, Italy
Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 978 1 84980 463 9 Extent: 488 pp
The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also emphasises and expands upon new topics and issues within the economics discourse.

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The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also emphasises and expands upon new topics and issues within the economics discourse.

Original contributions from key international experts acknowledge and illustrate that markets and firms can be civilizing forces when and if they are understood as expressions of cooperation and civil virtues. They provide an illuminating discourse on a wide range of topics including reciprocity, gifts and the civil economy, which are especially relevant in times of crisis for financial capitalism. The Handbook questions the current phase of the market economy that arises from a state of anthropological pessimism. Such anthropological cynicism is one of the foundations of the contemporary economic system that is challenged by the contributors.

This highly original and interdisciplinary Handbook will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers and students across a wide range of fields including economics, public sector economics, public policy and social policy.
Contributors
Contributors: R. Abramovay, H. Alford, A. Andreoni, A. Argandoña, A. Barrera, L. Becchetti, N. Bellanca, E. Bortoluzzi Dubach, C. Borzaga, L. Bouckaert, S. Bowles, A. Brandolini, L. Bruni, A. Caillé, J.B. Davis, J. Defourny, L. Faulk, B.S. Frey, H. Gintis, L. Gold, B. Gui, A. Habisch, S.P. Hargreaves Heap, D.C. Jones, P. Kalmi, E.L. Khalil, S.-C. Kolm, C.R. Loza Adaui, J. McGinnis, J. Mercier Ythier, S. Neckermann, V. Negri Zamagni, A. Offer, A. Pabst, R.G. Pearce, V. Pelligra, P.L. Porta, P.L. Sacco, L. Sacconi, A. Smerilli, A.J. Uelmen, P. Vanin, B.M. Wilson, D.R. Young, S. Zamagni, L. Zarri, D.J. Zizzo
Contents
Contents:

Introduction
Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni

1. Altruism
Luca Zarri

2. Altruistic Reciprocity
Herbert Gintis

3. Anti-utilitarianism and the Gift-Paradigm
Alain Caillé

4. Business Ethics
Russell G. Pearce and Brendan M. Wilson

5. Capitalism
Nicolò Bellanca

6. Catholic Social Teaching
Helen Alford

7. Catholic Social Thought
Albino Barrera

8. Cooperative Enterprise
Derek C. Jones and Panu Kalmi

9. Cooperative Entrepreneurship
Stefano Zamagni

10. Do Dictator Games Measure Altruism?
Daniel John Zizzo

11. Economy of Communion
Lorna Gold

12. Egotism: Making Sense of Social Preferences
Elias L. Khalil

13. Ethical Finance: An Introduction
Leonardo Becchetti

14. Fair Trade
Leonardo Becchetti

15. Fraternity
Adrian Pabst

16. From Arts Patronage to Cultural Philanthropy: Collaborating with Granting Foundations
Elisa Bortoluzzi Dubach and Pier Luigi Sacco

17. Gift and Gratuitousness
Serge-Christophe Kolm

18. Humanistic Management
Cristian R. Loza Adaui and André Habisch

19. Identity
John B. Davis

20. Law and Religion
Amelia J. Uelmen

21. Liberalism
Adrian Pabst

22. Microfinance
Antonio Andreoni

23. Mutualism
Vera Negri Zamagni

24. Pecuniary Externalities and Fairness
Albino Barrera

25. Philanthropy Beyond the Sectoral Approach
Ricardo Abramovay

26. Poverty
Andrea Brandolini

27. Prizes and Awards
Bruno S. Frey and Susanne Neckermann

28. Rationality
Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap

29. Regard
Avner Offer

30. Relational Goods
Benedetto Gui

31. Social and Civil Capital
Paolo Vanin

32. Social Enterprise
Carlo Borzaga

33. Social Preferences
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

34. Spiritual Capital
André Habisch

35. Spiritual Humanism and Corporate Economics
Luk Bouckaert

36. Subsidiarity and New Welfare
Pier Luigi Porta

37. The Common Good
Antonio Argandoña

38. The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility
Lorenzo Sacconi

39. Third Sector
Jacques Defourny

40. Trust
Vittorio Pelligra

41. Values Based Organizations
Alessandra Smerilli

42. Virtues, Ethics and Economics
Jean Mercier Ythier

43. Voluntary Organizations
Dennis R. Young, Lewis Faulk and Jasmine McGinnis

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