Social economics : current and emerging avenues / edited by Joan Costa-Font and Mario Macis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Costa-i-Font, Joan, editor.

Macis, Mario, editor.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 332 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The growing field of social economics explores how individual behavior is affected by group-level influences, extending the approach of mainstream economics to include broader social motivations and incentives. This book offers a rich and rigorous selection of current work in the field, focusing on some of the most active research areas. Topics covered include culture, gender, ethics, and philanthropic behavior. Social economics grows out of dissatisfaction with a purely individualistic model of human behavior. This book shows how mainstream economics is expanding its domain beyond market and price mechanisms to recognize a role for cultural and social factors. Some chapters, in the tradition of Gary Becker, attempt to extend the economics paradigm to explain other social phenomena; others, following George Akerlof's approach, incorporate sociological and psychological assumptions to explain economic behavior. Loosely organized by theme--Social Preferences; Culture, Values, and Norms; and Networks and Social Interactions"--The chapters address a range of subjects, including gender differences in political decisions, "moral repugnance" as a constraint on markets, charitable giving by the super-rich, value diversity within a country, and the influence of children on their parents' social networks.-- Provided by Publisher.

Contents:

1 Social Economics: Current and Emerging Avenues / Joan Costa-Font Costa-Font, Joan, Mario Macis Macis, Mario 1

Social Preferences

2 Social Preferences, Public Policy, and Gender / Philipp Zahn Zahn, Philipp, Evguenia Winschel Winschel, Evguenia 13

3 Who Gains from Competition? The Ultimatum Game in a Labor-Market Setting in Ghana / Elwyn Davies Davies, Elwyn, Marcel Fafchamps Fafchamps, Marcel 39

4 Why Give Away Your Wealth? An Analysis of the Billionaires' View / Jana Sadeh Sadeh, Jana, Mirco Tonin Tonin, Mirco, Michael Vlassopoulos Vlassopoulos, Michael 61

5 Altruism and Egoism/Warm Glow in Economics and Psychology: Building a Bridge Between Different Experimental Approaches / Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark 79

Culture, Values, and Norms

6 The Microeconomics of Trust / Luigi Guiso Guiso, Luigi 109

7 Measuring Value Diversity within Countries / Sjoerd Beugelsdijk Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd, Mariko J. Klasing Klasing, Mariko J. 129

8 Cultural Persistence and the Pill / Kelly Ragan Ragan, Kelly 173

9 Cultural Determinants of Gender Roles: "Pragmatism" as an Underpinning Attitude toward Gender Equality among Children of Immigrants / Martin Ljunge Ljunge, Martin 197

10 The Role of Repugnance in the Development of Markets: The Case of the Market for Transplantable Kidneys / Julio Jorge Elias Elias, Julio Jorge 233

11 Cultural Attitudes and the "Traditional Medicines Paradox": Evidence from Ghana and the Philippines / Joan Costa-Font Costa-Font, Joan, Azusa Sato Sato, Azusa 245

12 Changing Culture to Change Society? / Mireia Borrell-Porta Borrell-Porta, Mireia, Joan Costa-Font Costa-Font, Joan, Azusa Sato Sato, Azusa 261

Networks, Peer Pressure, and Social Interactions

13 The Role of Children in Building Parents' Social Networks / Odelia Heizler Heizler, Odelia, Aval Kimhi Kimhi, Aval 283

14 Individual Fundraising: The Power of the Personal / Abigail Payne Payne, Abigail, Kimberley Scharf Scharf, Kimberley, Sarah Smith Smith, Sarah 305.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262337915

0262337916

OCLC:

971118995

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