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Economics and psychology : a promising new cross-disciplinary field / edited by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer.

Contributor(s): Language: English Series: CESifo seminar seriesPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press, cop. 2007Description: vi, 286 s. ill. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262062633
  • 0262062631
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.01/9 22
LOC classification:
  • HB74.P8
Other classification:
  • Qa:do
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Leading economics scholars consider the influence of psychology on economics, discussing topics including pro-social behaviour, conditional trust, neuroeconomics, procedural utility, and happiness research.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Series Foreword(p. vii)
  • List of Contributors(p. ix)
  • I Introduction(p. 1)
  • 1 Economics and Psychology: Developments and Issues(p. 3)
  • II Pro-Social Behavior and Trust(p. 17)
  • 2 Conditional Cooperation: Behavioral Regularities from the Lab and the Field and Their Policy Implications(p. 19)
  • 3 A Survey of Economic Theories and Field Evidence on Pro-Social Behavior(p. 51)
  • 4 Why Women and Men Trust Others(p. 89)
  • III Neuroeconomics(p. 111)
  • 5 Neuroeconomics: Illustrated by the Study of Ambiguity Aversion(p. 113)
  • IV Economics and Happiness(p. 153)
  • 6 Happiness and Public Policy: A Challenge to the Profession(p. 155)
  • 7 What Happiness Research Can Tell Us about Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction(p. 169)
  • V Procedural Utility and Decision-Making Mechanisms(p. 197)
  • 8 The Relevance of Procedural Utility for Economics(p. 199)
  • 9 The Helping Hand-A Brief Anatomy(p. 229)
  • VI Evaluation(p. 241)
  • 10 Efficient Social Engineering and Realistic Cognitive Modeling: A Psychologist's Thoughts(p. 243)
  • Index(p. 271)