Kirman, Alan; Teschl, Miriam - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 13 (2006) 3, pp. 299-325
In this paper, we consider the extension of the conception of the economic agent as a person who chooses particular actions in relation to his or her social identity. We do this in particular by analysing Akerlof and Kranton's recent models on 'economics and identity' (2000). Amartya Sen has...