Identity economics : how our identities shape our work, wages, and well-being /
Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most rec...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most recent paper was wrong. Identity, she argued, was the missing element that would help to explain why people--facing the same economic circumstances--would make different choices. This was the beginning of a fourteen-year collaboration--and of Identity Economics. The authors explain how our conception o. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400834181 140083418X 9780691152554 0691152551 |