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The economics of the mind
Rizzello, Salvatore - 1999
theory to be consistent with the mechanisms which guide the workings of the human mind. The author begins by presenting an …
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Modeling rational agents : from interwar economics to early modern game theory
Giocoli, Nicola - 2003
rationality. The analysis begins with the development of modern decision theory, covers the interwar debates over the role of … of game and decision theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474112
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Essays on capital and interest : an Austrian perspective
Kirzner, Israel M. - 1996
capital and interest theory. In the three classic essays featured in this book, Professor Kirzner argues that an Austrian … approach based on the pure time preference theory offers an attractive alternative to both the orthodox neoclassical and the …. This consistent subjectivism makes it possible to present the pure time (Fetter-Mises) preference theory of interest in …
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Handbook of economic organization : integrating economic and organization theory
Grandori, Anna (contributor) - 2013
pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and rationality -- pt. II. The constitution of economic organization between interacting and contracting -- pt. III. The shaping of economic organization between design and evolution...
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Marx, Veblen, and contemporary institutional political economy : principles and unstable dynamics of capitalism
O'Hara, Phillip Anthony - 2000
This book uses an institutional-evolutionary approach to analyse economic problems associated with developments in capitalism during the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that economics should centre on institutions - the durable fabric of the economy over time. Drawing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473904
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Handbook on the knowledge economy
Ninan, Abraham (contributor); Rooney, David (contributor);  … - 2005
This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850859
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The Elgar companion to consumer research and economic psychology
Earl, Peter E. (contributor); Kemp, Simon (contributor) - 1999
. It provides an international, in-depth overview of the present state of knowledge and theory which will be indispensable …
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Handbook of research on cost-benefit analysis
Brent, Robert J. (contributor) - 2009
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost-benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributions to the development of the field, focussing on standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851374
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Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach
De Borger, Bruno L. (contributor); Proost, Stef (contributor) - 2001
This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851849
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Institutions, contracts and organizations : perspectives from new institutional economics
Ménard, Claude (contributor) - 2000
This outstanding book presents new original contributions from some of the world's leading economists including Ronald Coase, Douglass C. North, Masahiko Aoki, Oliver E. Williamson and Harold Demsetz. It demonstrates the extent and depth of the New Institutional Economics research programme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852023