Striving for Balance in Economics : Towards a Theory of the Social Determination of Behavior

This paper is an attempt to broaden economic discourse by importing insights into human behavior not just from psychology, but also from sociology and anthropology. Whereas the concept of the decision-maker in standard economics is the rational act...

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Main Authors: Hoff, Karla, Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25814159/striving-balance-economics-towards-theory-social-determination-behavior
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23704

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