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Economics and Psychology: A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field
Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - The MIT Press
The integration of economics and psychology has created a vibrant and fruitful emerging field of study. The essays in … Economics and Psychology take a broad view of the interface between these two disciplines, going beyond the usual focus on … "behavioral economics." As documented in this volume, the influence of psychology on economics has been responsible for a view of …
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The Marketplace of Christianity
Robert B. Ekelund Jr.; Hebert, Robert F.; Tollison, … - The MIT Press
This startlingly original (and sure to be controversial) account of the evolution of Christianity shows that the economics of religion has little to do with counting the money in the collection basket and much to do with understanding the background of today's religious and political divisions....
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Reasoning About Knowledge
Fagin, Ronald; Halpern, Joseph Y.; Moses, Yoram; Vardi, … - The MIT Press
Reasoning about knowledge—particularly the knowledge of agents who reason about the world and each other's knowledge—was once the exclusive province of philosophers and puzzle solvers. More recently, this type of reasoning has been shown to play a key role in a surprising number of contexts,...
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Science in History, Volume 4: The Social Sciences: A Conclusion
Bernal, J. D. - The MIT Press
J. D. Bernal's monumental work Science in History is the first full-scale attempt to analyze the relationship between science and society throughout history, from the perfection of the first flint hand ax to the construction of the hydrogen bomb. This remarkable study illustrates the impetus...
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Nothing is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium
Barro, Robert J. - The MIT Press
Since the 1970s, Robert Barro's academic research has significantly influenced macroeconomic theory. For more than a decade, his writing has also enlivened the pages of publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Business Week. In Nothing Is Sacred, Barro applies his well-honed free market...
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Models of Bounded Rationality, Volume 1: Economic Analysis and Public Policy
Simon, Herbert A. - The MIT Press
Professor of Computer Science and Psychology. These two facts together delineate the range and uniqueness of his contributions … theory (especially as it applies to the business firm), behavior modeling, cognitive psychology, and the study of artificial …
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Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation
Ross, Don - The MIT Press
In this study, Don Ross explores the relationship of economics to other branches of behavioral science, asking, in the course of his analysis, under what interpretation economics is a sound empirical science. The book explores the relationships between economic theory and the theoretical...
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Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive Science
Ross, Don; Sharp, Carla; Vuchinich, Rudy E.; Spurrett, David - The MIT Press
The explanatory power of economic theory is tested by the phenomenon of irrational consumption, examples of which include such addictive behaviors as disordered and pathological gambling. Midbrain Mutiny examines different economic models of disordered gambling, using the frameworks of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535236
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Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling: Economic Theory and Cognitive Science
Ross, Don; Sharp, Carla; Vuchinich, Rudy E.; Spurrett, David - The MIT Press
The explanatory power of economic theory is tested by the phenomenon of irrational consumption, examples of which include such addictive behaviors as disordered and pathological gambling. Midbrain Mutiny examines different economic models of disordered gambling, using the frameworks of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034451
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The Minimum Description Length Principle
Grünwald, Peter D. - The MIT Press
, econometrics, and experimental psychology. Part I provides a basic introduction to MDL and an overview of the concepts in …
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