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Handbook of social economics /
How can economists define and measure social preferences and interactions? Through the use of new economic data and tools, our contributors survey an array of social interactions and decisions that typify homo economicus. Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; London ; Boston :
Elsevier/North-Holland,
2011-
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| Colección: | Handbooks in economics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How can economists define and measure social preferences and interactions? Through the use of new economic data and tools, our contributors survey an array of social interactions and decisions that typify homo economicus. Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation, discrimination, and the creation of peer dynamics, they demonstrate how they tease out social preferences from the influences of culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other forces. Advances our understanding about quantifying social interactions and the effects of culture Summarizes research on theoretical and applied economic analyses of social preferences Explores the recent willingness among economists to consider new arguments in the utility function. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780444537140 0444537147 9780444531872 0444531874 9780444537072 0444537074 9780444537133 0444537139 |