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Thanks to neuroscience, the brain is no longer a black box. It is possible to investigate its basic functioning and see …
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Thanks to neuroscience, the brain is no longer a black box. It is possible to investigate its basic functioning and see …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010759880
In this paper we show that a rational consumer choice along the lines traditionally suggested might lead to paradoxical results if one considers multidimensional goods, which incorporate a series of incommensurable aspects. Thereby, we explore the similarity between the resulting paradox and...
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terms of hierarchical analysis. Behavioral economics denies the idea of economic agents rationality; evolutionism is based … on bounded rationality; neoinstitutionalism and ethical economics preserve the concept of rationality in the theory … developing criteria for rationality of higher orders (metarationality). Evolutionism rejects neoclassical economics and suggests …
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neoclassical assumption of selfish utility maximization with bounded rationality and satisficing and by incorporating the reaction …
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The recurrence of economic crises serves to illustrate the limits of neoclassical economics and the contemporary established models. Modern-day economic developments are highly influenced by the theory of complexity. In terms of thermodynamics, the inputs of the process consists in economically...
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assumption: rationality of economic agents. It discusses role of rationality assumption in neoclassical and evolutionary theories …
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The standard neoclassical approach to economic theorising excludes, by definition, economic emergence and the related phenomenon of entrepreneurship. We explore how the most economic of human behaviours, entrepreneurship, came to be largely excluded from mainstream economic theory. In contrast,...
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DISCLAIMER: This Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed herein should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published...
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In just over a decade after independence, the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have transformed themselves into fully functioning, small open-market economies that will be joining the European Union. Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics analyzes the...
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