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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frey, Bruno S.

Stutzer, Alois.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 286 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

1 Economics and Psychology: Developments and Issues / Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer 3

II Pro-Social Behavior and Trust 17

2 Conditional Cooperation: Behavioral Regularities from the Lab and the Field and Their Policy Implications / Simon Gachter 19

3 A Survey of Economic Theories and Field Evidence on Pro-Social Behavior / Stephan Meier 51

4 Why Women and Men Trust Others / Iris Bohnet 89

III Neuroeconomics 111

5 Neuroeconomics: Illustrated by the Study of Ambiguity Aversion / Colin F. Camerer, Meghana Bhatt, Ming Hsu 113

IV Economics and Happiness 153

6 Happiness and Public Policy: A Challenge to the Profession / Richard Layard 155

7 What Happiness Research Can Tell Us about Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction / Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey 169

V Procedural Utility and Decision-Making Mechanisms 197

8 The Relevance of Procedural Utility for Economics / Matthias Benz 199

9 The Helping Hand-A Brief Anatomy / Felix Oberholzer-Gee 229

VI Evaluation 241

10 Efficient Social Engineering and Realistic Cognitive Modeling: A Psychologist's Thoughts / Ralph Hertwig 243.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262273190

0262273195

9781429480291

1429480297

1282098888

9781282098886

OCLC:

159957497

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