Arguing about tastes : modeling how context and experience change economic preferences / David Kreps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kreps, David, 1963- author.

Series:

Kenneth J. Arrow lecture series (New York, N.Y.)

Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demand (Economic theory).

Utility theory.

Uncertainty.

Game theory.

Microeconomics.

Consumers' preferences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Modeling how context and experience change economic preferences

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Arguing About Tastes makes the case that economists should abandon the principle that preferences are fixed and instead incorporate into their work how context and experience shape individual tastes.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Gary Becker on Prenups

1. De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: The Mainstream Economic Account of Individual Behavior

2. Intrinsic Motivation

3. Internalizing the Welfare of Specific Others

4. Two (or Three) Heterodox Books

5. Choice, Preference, And Utility in Dynamic Contexts

6. Some (Social) Psychology: Self-Perception and Attribution Theories

7. Intrinsic Motivation Undermined by Extrinsic Rewards?

8. Why Are "Social Promises" Unsecured?

9. The Quality of Kreps's Performance Matters as Well

10. Intrinsic Motivation to Do What, Exactly?

11. Internalization of the Other Party's Welfare

12. Dynamics Based on Bem's Self-Perception Theory

13. Should Economists Move in These Directions?

Commentary, Joseph E. Stiglitz

Commentary, Alessandra Casella

Response to the Comments Of Professors Stiglitz and Casella

Appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kreps, David Arguing About Tastes

ISBN:

9780231558174

0231558171

OCLC:

1406411813