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Psychological foundations of incentives
Fehr, Ernst; Falk, Armin - 2002
During the last two decades economists have made much progress in understanding incentives, contracts and organisations. Yet, they constrained their attention to a very narrow and empirically questionable view of human motivation. The purpose of this paper is to show that this narrow view of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411627
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Psychological foundations of incentives
Fehr, Ernst; Falk, Armin - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001685745
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Some contributions of economics to the study of personality
Heckman, James J.; Jagelka, Tomáš; Kautz, Tim - 2019
This paper synthesizes recent research in economics and psychology on the measurement and empirical importance of personality skills and preferences. They predict and cause important life outcomes such as wages, health, and longevity. Skills develop over the life cycle and can be enhanced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136850
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Is strong reciprocity a maladaptation? : on the evolutionary foundations of human altruism
Fehr, Ernst; Henrich, Joseph - 2003
In recent years a large number of experimental studies have documented the existence of strong reciprocity among humans. Strong reciprocity means that people willingly repay gifts and punish the violation of cooperation and fairness norms even in anonymous one-shot encounters with genetically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514175
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Is strong reciprocity a maladaptation? : On the evolutionary foundations of human altruism
Fehr, Ernst; Henrich, Josef - 2003
In recent years a large number of experimental studies have documented the existence of strong reciprocity among humans. Strong reciprocity means that people willingly repay gifts and punish the violation of cooperation and fairness norms even in anonymous one-shot encounters with genetically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737652
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Psychological foundations of incentives
Fehr, Ernst; Falk, Armin - 2002
During the last two decades economists have made much progress in understanding incentives, contracts and organisations. Yet, they constrained their attention to a very narrow and empirically questionable view of human motivation. The purpose of this paper is to show that this narrow view of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409795
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Some Contributions of Economics to the Study of Personality
Heckman, James J. - 2019
This paper synthesizes recent research in economics and psychology on the measurement and empirical importance of personality skills and preferences. They predict and cause important life outcomes such as wages, health, and longevity. Skills develop over the life cycle and can be enhanced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859298
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Philosophical problems of behavioral economics
Heidl, Stefan - 2016 - First published
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421922
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Aggregate effects of behavioral anomalies : a new research area
Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana - 2014
micro-economic theory on the level of individuals. Since economics is a social science, this article proposes that the next …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340383
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Beautiful game theory : how soccer can help economics
Palacios-Huerta, Ignacio - 2014
can illuminate many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses soccer to test …-Huerta illuminates economics through the world's most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and … enthusiasts, Beautiful Game Theory is the first book to show what soccer can do for economics. …
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