Renaissance in Behavioral Economics: Essays in Honour of Harvey Leibenstein

ISBN-13: 9780415547857 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str.

Frantz Roger

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.