Renaissance in Behavioral Economics

Essays in Honour of Harvey Leibenstein
Herausgeber: Frantz, Roger

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Economists working on behavioral economics have been awarded the Nobel Prize four times in recent years. This book explores this innovative area and in particular focuses on the work of Harvey Leibenstein, one of the pioneers of the discipline. The topics covered in the book include agency theory; dynamic efficiency; evolutionary economics; X-efficiency; the effect of emotions, specifically affect on decision-making; market pricing; experimental economics; human resource management; the Carnegie School, and intra-industry efficiency in less developed countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9780415547857
• ISBN-10: 0415547857
• Artikelnr.: 26054856

Autorenporträt

Roger Frantz is Professor of Economics at San Diego State University. He is the co-editor of the Handbook of Behavioral Economics and author of X-efficiency: Theory, Evidence and Applications.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Leibenstein as a Behavioral Pioneer 2. The Neuroeconomics
of Trust 3. Leibenstein's Selective Rationality and Dual Motives as
Expressions of Brain Physiology 4. The Evolutionary Foundations of
Behavioral Economics: Harvey Leibenstein' s Legacy 5. 'Efficacy' vs
'X-efficiency' 6. Consumer X-inefficiency and the Problem of Market
Regulation 7. Leibenstein's Theory of Consumption Behavior 8. Effort
Discretion and Economic Agency and Behavioral Economics: Transforming
Economic Theory and Public Policy 9. Understanding High Performance Work
Systems: The Joint Contribution of Economics and Human Resource Management
10. X-efficiency and Underdevelopment: A Leibenstein's Application of
Behavioral Economics 11. Empirical Evidence on X-efficiency, 1967-2004