Economics and psychology : a promising new cross-disciplinary field / edited by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer.

Leading economics scholars consider the influence of psychology on economics, discussing topics including pro-social behavior, conditional trust, neuroeconomics, procedural utility, and happiness research.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Frey, Bruno S., Stutzer, Alois
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:CESifo seminar series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Economics and psychology : developments and issues / Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer
  • Conditional cooperation : behavioral regularities from the lab and the field and their policy implications / Simon Gachter
  • A survey of economic theories and field evidence on pro-social behavior / Stephan Meier
  • Why women and men trust others / Iris Bohnet
  • Neuroeconomics : illustrated by the study of ambiguity aversion / Colin F. Camerer, Meghana Bhatt, Ming Hsu
  • Happiness and public policy : a challenge to the profession / Richard Layard
  • What happiness research can tell us about self-control problems and utility misprediction / Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey
  • The relevance of procedural utility for economics / Matthias Benz
  • The helping hand
  • a brief anatomy / Felix Oberholzer-Gee
  • Efficient social engineering and realistic cognitive modeling : a psychologist's thoughts / Ralph Hertwig.