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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Akerlof, George A., 1940- (Autor), Kranton, Rachel E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400834181
140083418X
9780691152554
0691152551