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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Akerlof, George A., 1940- (Author), Kranton, Rachel E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Economics > Psychological aspects.
Identity (Psychology)
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Économie politique > Aspect psychologique.
Identité (Psychologie)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Microeconomics.
Economics > Psychological aspects
Economics > Sociological aspects
Identiteit.
Waarden.
Economie.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400834181
140083418X
9780691152554
0691152551

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