Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/23805 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 233
Publisher: 
European University Viadrina, Department of Business Administration and Economics, Frankfurt (Oder)
Abstract: 
For many people "solidarity" has become a meaningless word used in slogans - too often used without leading to any economic consequences. We show in this paper conditions under which solidarity can be a powerful instrument. In a solidary action, an individual in a group contributes to a series of actions that aims for a reallocation of scarce resources. The willingness to contribute is mainly influenced by the efficiency of the objective of the solidary action, and is enhanced by feelings of mutual exchange (solidarity) within a group.
Subjects: 
solidarity
altruism
dynamic
mutual
JEL: 
H40
D71
D60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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