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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.01/9
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Psychological aspects
• Altri autori: FreyBruno S StutzerAlois
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics and psychology
• ISBN: 9786612098888; 9781282098886; 1282098888; 9780262273190; 0262273195; 9781429480291; 1429480297
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960443703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CESifo seminar series.