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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452302303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-09888-8

9786612098888

0-262-27319-5

1-4294-8029-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

CESifo seminar series

Altri autori (Persone)

FreyBruno S

StutzerAlois

Disciplina

330.01/9

Soggetti

Economics - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I Introduction; Chapter 1: Economics and Psychology: Developments and Issues; II Pro-Social Behavior and Trust; Chapter 2: Conditional Cooperation: Behavioral Regularities from the Lab and the Field and Their Policy Implications; Chapter 3: A Survey of Economic Theories and Field Evidence on Pro-Social Behavior; Chapter 4: Why Women and Men Trust Others; III Neuroeconomics; Chapter 5: Neuroeconomics: Illustrated by the Study of Ambiguity Aversion; IV Economics and Happiness; Chapter 6: Happiness and Public Policy: A Challenge to the Profession

Chapter 7: What Happiness Research Can Tell Us about Self-Control Problems and Utility MispredictionV Procedural Utility and Decision-Making Mechanisms; Chapter 8: The Relevance of Procedural Utility for Economics; Chapter 9: The Helping Hand-A Brief Anatomy; VI Evaluation; Chapter 10: Efficient Social Engineering and Realistic Cognitive Modeling: A Psychologist's Thoughts; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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