UID:
almafu_9960130549802883
Format:
1 online resource (1508 p.)
Edition:
1st. ed.
ISBN:
9786613920737
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9781283608282
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1283608286
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9780444537140
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0444537147
Series Statement:
Handbooks in economics
Content:
How can economists define and measure social preferences and interactions? Through the use of new economic data and tools, our contributors survey an array of social interactions and decisions that typify homo economicus. Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation, discrimination, and the creation of peer dynamics, they demonstrate how they tease out social preferences from the influences of culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other forces. Advances our understanding about quantifying social interactions and the effects of cu
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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e9780444537133va; Front Cover; Handbook of Social Economics; Copyright; Contents-Volume 1A; Contents-Volume 1B; Contributors; Chapter: Social Economics: A Brief Introduction to the Handbook; Social Preferences; Social Actions; Peer and Neighborhood Effects; References; Part One: Social Preferences; Chapter 1: Nature and Nurture Effects On Children ́s Outcomes: What Have We Learned From Studies of Twin; I. Introduction and Overview; II. The Behavioral Genetics Model44Large portions of the text here are copied from Sacerdote [2007].; III. Canonical Results from the Behavioral Genetics Literature
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IV. Critiques and Challenges to Interpretation of the Behavioral Genetics Results on IQ and SchoolingV. Treatment Effects and Regression Coefficients; VI. Results from Economics on Adoptees; VII. Putting It All Together: What Does It Mean?; References; Further Readings; Chapter 2: Social Norms and Preferences, Chapter for the Handbook for Social Economics; 1. Introduction11This paper is a discussion of how one can accommodate social aspects of a society in an economic analysis. I; 2. The Social Determinants of Preferences; 3. Reduced Form Preferences: Social Concerns
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4. Why Not Take the Indirect Preferences as the Primitive?3737The material in this section draws heavily on Postlewaite (19985. Examples Employing Instrumental Concern for Rank; 6. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3: Preferences for Status: Evidence and Economic Implications; 1. Introduction; 2. Features of Status; 3. Evidence; 4. Some Economic Implications; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Preferences for Redistribution; 1. Introduction; 2. Preferences for Redistribution: Theory; 3. Empirical Evidence; 4. Conclusions; References
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Chapter 5: Theories of Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action: A Survey1. Introduction; 2. The Use of Group Averages as a Proxy for Relevant Variables: the Exogenous Differences Literature; 3. Discriminatory Outcomes as a Result of Coordination Failure; 4. Discriminatory Outcomes Due to Inter-Group Interactions; 5. Dynamic Models of Discrimination; 6. Affirmative Action; 7. Efficiency Implications of Statistical Discrimination; 8. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Social Construction of Preferences: Advertising; 1. Introduction; 2. The Benchmark Economy
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3. The Equilibrium Effects of Advertising4. The Effects of Advertising in Empirical Work; 5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: The Evolutionary Foundations of Preferences; 1. Introduction; 2. Evolutionary Foundations; 3. What Sort of Preferences?; 4. Preferences over What?; 5. Concluding Remark; 6. Proofs; References; Chapter 8: Social Norms; 1. Background; 2. Norms, Customs, and Conventions; 3. Characteristic Features of Norm Dynamics; 4. Social Interactions and Social Norms; 5. A Model of Norm Dynamics; 6. Contractual Norms in Agriculture; 7. Medical Treatment Norms; 8. Body Weight Norms
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9. Concluding Discussion
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780444537133
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0444537139
Language:
English
