Values and institutions in economic analysis

by Avner Ben-Ner (Industrial Relations Center, University of Minnesota) and Louis Putterman (Department of Economics, Brown University)

In this essay, we argue that there is no scientific basis for the assumption that own well-being or command over resources is the exclusive and immutable concern of human individuals. The natural sciences, evolutionary biology in particular, and other social and behavioral sciences, especially evolutionary psychology, suggest that individual human beings may be genetically inclined towards concern not only with their own success in acquiring the resources necessary for thriving and reproducing, but also with the success of off-spring and other kin.

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Year of publication:	1997 ; January 27, 1997 version
Authors:	Ben-Ner, Avner ; Putterman, Louis G.
Publisher:	Providence, RI : Brown University, Department of Economics
Subject:	Social choice \| Wirtschaftswissenschaft \| Economics \| Soziale Werte \| Social values \| Ethik \| Ethics \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 50 Seiten)
Series:	Working papers / Brown University, Department of Economics. - Providence, RI : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2185003-3. - Vol. 97-04
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/102596 [Handle]
Classification:	B15 - Historical; Institutional ; B20 - History of Economic Thought since 1925. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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