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Decisions, preferences, and heuristics : an introduction to economic psychology and behavioral economics

Mir Artigues, Pere - 2023

ecological rationality research program, it presents the main factors that determine economic choices, before exploring the most …

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Economists and the stock market : speculative theories of stock market fluctuations

Raines, J. Patrick; Leathers, Charles G. - 2000

being inherently prone to speculation and crisis, in contrast to the neo-classical approach which largely ignores the …

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Markets and authorities : global finance and human choice

Lorentzen, Jochen (ed.); De Cecco, Marcello (ed.) - 2002

This stimulating book addresses the relationship between market authority and political authority - a favourite theme of Susan Strange to whom the book is dedicated. From a survey of the bias against capital liberalisation in economic thought to an analysis of the US role in global monetary...

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Behavioural macroeconomics

McDonald, Ian M. - 2012

'I only wish that Ian McDonald's Behavioural Macroeconomics had been available when I was preparing A Guide to Behavioral Economics; it certainly would have provided me with material to fill in a number of gaps and cite several additional important concerns!'--Hugh Schwartz, University of the...

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Vilfredo Pareto and the birth of modern microeconomics

Bruni, Luigino - 2002

1. The intellectual evolution of a non-economist : 1890-1900 -- 2. Pareto and Vailati : a forgotten exchange on choice and action -- 3. The methodological dispute between Pareto and Croce -- 4. Guidelines for Paretian methodology -- 5. More wars than peace : Pareto and English economists -- 6. A...

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The economics of sin : rational choice or no choice at all?

Cameron, Samuel - 2002

1. Introduction -- 2. Tools of the trade : rational choice -- 3. Religion -- 4. Greed, lust, sloth and waste -- 5. Envy and jealousy -- 6. Lies and deceit -- 7. Matters of life and death -- 8. Addiction -- 9. Adultery -- 10. Prostitution -- 11. Conclusion.

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Explaining civil war : a rational choice approach

Murshed, Syed Mansoob - 2010

This book explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional mechanisms of restraint that can be labeled the 'social contract' are crucial for violent...

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Choice modelling : foundational contributions

Hensher, David A. - 2011

-12 -- Joel L. Horowitz (1983), 'Statistical Comparison of Non-Nested Probabilistic Discrete Choice Models', Transportation … Scale Parameter in the Estimation and Comparison of Multinomial Logit Models', Journal of Marketing Research, XXX, August … of incomplete block designs. I The method of paired comparison, Biometrika, 39, 324-45. -- Daly, A.J. and Zachary, S …

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Darwinism and economics

Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin - 2009

Behavior and Organization, 53, 3-35 -- Viktor J. Vanberg (2004), 'The Rationality Postulate in Economics: Its Ambiguity, its …

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Capital and uncertainty : the capital investment process in a market economy

Runge, Ian Charles - 2000

This book is an important addition to the emerging body of new work on capital. Its primary contribution is in analysing capital investment choice as a process. The understanding of this process requires some modification and significant extension to the standard neo-classical economic tools....

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