A new and unique collection of essays on the relationship between economic institutions and values, this book's original premise is that the way an economy and society are organized is determined in part by the preferences we call "values." This book challenges economists and scholars in related fields to explore the two-way interaction between economic arrangements and values. Contributors include leading scholars from such diverse fields as game theory and economic history, as well as political philosophy, sociology and psychology. Designed for a wide readership, the book has no existing counterparts.
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"this is an impressive book. It provides a good road map for going beyond the narrow rational choice theory of orthodox ecomonics, and gives many cutting edge ideas that can lead us to a better understanding of economic behavior and organiztionsl theory." Forthcoming Jrnl of Economic Behavior and Organization
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A new and unique collection of essays on the relationship between economic institutions and values, this book's original premise is that the way an economy and society are organized is determined in part by the preferences we call "values." This book challenges economists and scholars in related fields to explore the two-way interaction between economic arrangements and values. Contributors include leading scholars from such diverse fields as game theory and economic history, as well as political philosophy, sociology and psychology. Designed for a wide readership, the book has no existing counterparts.
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care service labor, empathetic preferences, high effort equilibrium, median game, moral overload, noncalculative motives, empathy equilibrium, actual effort level, socially minded individuals, vulnerability experiment, moral compartmentalization, care service recipient, minimum game, low effort equilibrium, desired effort level, informal quid pro quo, unequal coordination, tax morale, moral dissonance, positional arms race, caring motives, high empathy subjects, caring labor, contractual reward, equilibrium effort levels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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care service labor, empathetic preferences, high effort equilibrium, median game, moral overload, noncalculative motives, empathy equilibrium, actual effort level, socially minded individuals, vulnerability experiment, moral compartmentalization, care service recipient, minimum game, low effort equilibrium, desired effort level, informal quid pro quo, unequal coordination, tax morale, moral dissonance, positional arms race, caring motives, high empathy subjects, caring labor, contractual reward, equilibrium effort levels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, American Economic Review, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, University of Chicago Press, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Oxford University Press, Free Press, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Basic Books, Journal of Political Economy, Maynard Smith, Princeton University Press, Adam Smith, Ann Arbor, World Bank, Jane Mansbridge, Journal of Law, Yale University, Aldine de Gruyter, General Social Survey, Lynn Nadel, Middle East, Academic Press New!
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- The Origin of Values (Sociology and Economics) by Richard E. Michod on 6 pages
- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls on 6 pages
- Structure and Change in Economic History by Douglass C. North in Front Matter, page 458, and page 508
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume on page 77, page 99, and page 433
- Values and Public Policy by Henry J. Aaron on page 60, page 69, and page 458
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- Surveys in Experimental Economics by Friedel Bolle on page 127, page 131, and page 136
- Individuals, Institutions, and Markets (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) by C. Mantzavinos in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Individuals, Institutions, and Markets (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) by C. Mantzavinos in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Economy of Esteem: An Essay on Civil and Political Society by Geoffrey Brennan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Networks, Trust And Social Capital: Theoretical And Empirical Investigations From Europe by Sokratis M. Koniordos on page 41, and page 42
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