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A Starter on Support-Bargaining and Money-Bargaining in Twenty-Eight Digestible Bites

Spread, Patrick - 2018

This book provides an introduction to the theory of support-bargaining and money-bargaining. Support-bargaining arises from the propensity of all individuals to seek the support of those around them and is the underlying mechanism of democratic societies. It is also the underlying mechanism of...

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The Economics of Addictive Behaviours Volume I : The Private and Social Costs of Smoking and Their Remedies

Joshua, John - 2017

This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details the consequences of smoking, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by second-hand tobacco smoke exposure as a health risk to children as well as to the general public. The...

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Investor Decision-Making and the Role of the Financial Advisor : A Behavioural Finance Approach

Cruciani, Caterina - 2017

This book looks at financial advisory from a behavioural perspective, and focuses on how the nature of the relationship between advisors and clients may affect the ability of the advisor to perform its functions. Broken into three key parts, the book looks at the client, the advisor, and the...

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Rationality and Operators : The Formal Structure of Preferences

Cato, Susumu - 2016

This unique book develops an operational approach to preference and rationality as the author employs operators over … binary relations to capture the concept of rationality. A preference is a basis of individual behavior and social judgment … demanding; and then, weaker rationality conditions are introduced by researchers. This book argues that the preference …

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Totalitarianism, Terrorism and Supreme Values : History and Theory

Bernholz, Peter - 2017

Applying a rational choice perspective, this book presents a dynamic theory of the evolution of totalitarian regimes and terrorism. By demonstrating that totalitarian regimes rest on ideologies involving supreme values that are assumed to be absolutely true, the author identifies the factors...

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The Paradox of Points : Theoretical Foundation and Empirical Evidence of Medium Magnitude Effects in Loyalty Programs

Köcher, Sören - 2015

In his research, Sören Köcher provides valuable insights on the paradoxical effects of the magnitude of a loyalty program medium-i.e. the sheer number of points, miles, or stamps credited for every purchase and required for reward redemption-on the central consumer decisions in loyalty program...

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Entrepreneurial Alertness : An Exploratory Study

Li, Zhineng - 2013

Entrepreneurial alertness plays an important role in the processes of opportunity exploration and exploitation. A central thesis of this dissertation is that opportunity creation requires a certain transformation of an individual entrepreneur's mental schema. A four-dimension structure of the...

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Zum Verhältnis von Markt und Individuum auf Finanzmärkten : Entwicklung einer Investorentypologie zur Charakterisierung von Marktdynamiken

Janous, Gerald - 2016

Einleitung -- Individuelle Rationalität als Bedingung für kollektive Rationalität (Effizienz) von Finanzmärkten -- Der Rationalitätsbegriff im Kontext der Effizienzmarkthypothese und seine Probleme -- Die Effizienzmarkthypothese als instrumentalistisches Marktmodell -- Individuelles...

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Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare : Essays in Honor of Nick Baigent

Binder, Constanze - 2015

Part I: Individual Choice and Rationality -- Part II: Collective Choice and Collective Rationality -- Part III: Social … of social welfare. The topics include individual and collective rationality, motivation and intention in economics …

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Zur Rationalität von Anlageentscheidungen : Begriffsklärung und Implikationen für Kapitalmarktakteure

Pulham, Susan - 2015 - 1. Aufl. 2015

Susan Pulham und Michael Deeken analysieren die Rationalität und mit ihr verbundene Einschränkungen am Beispiel von (privaten) Anlegern. Die AutorInnen geben zuerst einen Überblick über verschiedene Rationalitätsverständnisse in der soziologischen und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen...

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