Economics and psychology : a promising new cross-disciplinary field / edited by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer.
Language: English Series: CESifo seminar seriesPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press, cop. 2007Description: vi, 286 s. ill. 24 cmISBN:- 9780262062633
- 0262062631
- 330.01/9 22
- HB74.P8
- 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)