The Psychology of Money and Public Finance

ISBN-13: 9781349520961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 254 str.

G. Schmolders

Opis

This book features the main papers of Gunter Schmolders (1903-1991), a pioneer in economic psychology, for the first time in English. Schmolders' research on 'fiscal psychology' is of particular and lasting interest, impacting greatly on continental economics.

Spis treści

List of Tables List of Figures PART 1: INTRODUCTION Methodology: The Long Way Towards Empirical Research Plan of the Book Schmölders and the Public Finance Today Acknowledgements References PART 2: ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY Man as a Social Being A Contrasting Programme to Rational Theory Socio-Economic Behaviour Research PART 3: THE PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD How Money is Managed in Private Households A Behavioural Approach to Monetary Theory Level of Aspiration and Consumption Standard: Some General Findings (with Bernd Bievert) PART 4: THE ENTREPRENEUR Entrepreneurial Behaviour The Entrepreneur in the Economy and in the Society of the Federal Republic of Germany PART 5: PSYCHOLOGY OF TAXATION AND PUBLIC FINANCE Fiscal Psychology: A New Branch of Public Finance Tax Morale and Tax Resistance Tax Justice The German Tax Mentality Tax Mentality in International Comaprison - An Overview A Theory of Incentive Taxation in the Process of Economic Development PART 6: PSYCHOLOGY AND MACROECONOMICS The Problem of Economic Prognosis The Liquidity Theory of Money Notes Index

O autorze

GÜNTER SCHMÖLDERS (1903-1991) was the continental pioneer of Economic Psychology. In the 1950s he built up a centre for socio-economic research at the University of Cologne, Germany. He was a very productive author with over 400 articles and books, with only a few originally published in English.