Economics, Values, and Organization

ISBN-13: 9780521774116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 558 str.

Avner Ben-Ner; Louis G. Putterman; Amartya K. Sen

Opis

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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Spis treści

Foreword Amartya Sen; Preface Avner Ben-Ner and Louis Putterman; 1. Introduction: values and institutions in economic analysis Avner Ben-Ner and Louis Putterman; Part I. The Formation and Evolution of Social Norms and Values: 2. The simultaneous evolution of institutions and norms Robert Sugden; 3. A utilitarian theory of political legitimacy Ken Binmore; 4. Why do we care what others think of us? Chaim Fershtman and Yoram Weiss; 5. Starting with nothing: on the impossibility of grounding: norms solely in self-interest Jane Mansbridge; Part II. The Generation and Transmission of Values in Families and Communities: 6. Did father know best? Families, markets, and the supply of caring labor Nancy Folbre and Tom Weisskopf; 7. How communities govern: the structural basis of pro-social norms Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis; 8. The limits or moral diversity Timur Kuran; 9. Moral diversity and specialized values: some observations John Michael Montias; Part III. Social Norms and Culture: 10. Social norms as positional arms control agreements Robert Frank; 11. Gifts and bribes Susan Rose-Ackerman; 12. How do we know whether a monetary transaction is a gift, an entitlement, or a payment? Viviana Zelizer; Part IV. The Organization of Work, Trust, and Incentives: 13. How effective are trust- and reciprocity-based incentives? Ernst Fehr and Simon Gächter; 14. Worker trust, system vulnerability, and the performance of work groups Andrew Schotter; 15. Trust: beliefs and morality Jonathan Baron; 16. Who is the custodian of the custodians? Russell Hardin; Part V. Markets, Values, and Welfare: 17. Institutions and morale: the crowding-out effect Bruno S. Frey; 18. The joyless market economy Robert Lane; Epilogue: historical evolution of values and institutions Douglass North.