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Handbook of contemporary behavioral economics foundations and developments
Title:
Handbook of contemporary behavioral economics foundations and developments
Author:
Altman, Morris.
ISBN:
9780765621481
Publication Information:
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 762 p. : ill.)
General Note:
Title from e-book title screen (viewed Oct. 15, 2007).
Contents:
Inside economic man : behavioral economics and consumer behavior / Physiology and behavioral economics : the new findings from evolutionary neuroscience / Cory, Jr -- -- Intuition in behavioral economics / Introspective economics : broadening psychology's reach / Integrating emotions into economic theory / On the economics of subselves : toward a metaeconomics / X-efficiency and efficiency wage theories / Group selection and behavioral economics / Beliefs in behavioral and neo-classical economics / Reclaiming moral sentiments : behavioral economics and the ethical foundations of capitalism / Bounded rationality : two interpretations from psychology / Behavioral vs. Neoclassical economics : paradigm shift or generalization? / Organizational capital and personal capital : the role of intangible capital formation in the economy / How to do as well as you can : the psychology of economic behaviour and behavioural ecology / Discounting, self-control and saving / Rational choice theory versus cultural theory-on taste and social capital / Deliberation cost as a foundation for behavioral economics / In-depth interviews as a means of understanding economic reasoning : decision making as explained by business leaders and business economists / Classroom experiments in behavioral economics / A behavioral approach to distribution and bargaining / The context, or reference, dependence of economic values : further evidence and some predictable patterns /Jack L. Knetsch and Fang-Fang Tang -- Experiments and behavioral economics / Behavioral labor economics / Flexible labor / Chicks, hawks, and patriarchal institutions / Economic decisions in the private household / A prolegomenon to behavioral economic studies of suicide /Bijou Yang and David Lester -- Rational health-compromising behavior and economic intervention / Taxation and the contribution of behavioral economics / Ethical investing : where are we now? / Tipping in restaurants and around the globe : an interdisciplinary review / Insufficient social capital and economic underdevelopment / Elements of behavioral monetary economics / Economic development, equality, income distribution and ethics / Behavioral law and economics : an introduction / Behavioral finance
Abstract:
Offering the comprehensive articulation of behavioral economics theory, this book includes coverage of critical areas such as the Economic Agent, Context and Modeling, Decision Making, Experiments and Implications, Labor Issues, Household and Family Issues, Life and Death, Taxation, Ethical Investment and Tipping, and more.
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