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Cents and sensibility : what economics can learn from the humanities

Morson, Gary Saul; Schapiro, Morton Owen - 2017

Economists often act as if their methods explain all human behavior. But in Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities, especially the study of literature, offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their...

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Introduction

Abend, Gabriel - Princeton University Press

In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. In The Moral Background, Gabriel Abend develops just such a framework and uses it to investigate the history of business ethics in the...

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The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics

Abend, Gabriel - Princeton University Press

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The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

Morris, Ian - Princeton University Press

--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and …

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Introduction: Quantifying Social Development

Morris, Ian - Princeton University Press

--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and …

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Why Are Some Organizations More Competitive Than Others, from The Red Queen among Organizations: How Competitiveness Evolves

Barnett, William P. - Princeton University Press

thrive in new markets and conditions, when in fact the opposite is likely to be the case. He finds that an organization …’s competitiveness at any given moment hinges on the organization’s historical experience. Through Red Queen competition, weaker … organization. …

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Social Science in Between, from Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life

Miller, John H.; Page, Scott E. - Princeton University Press

, biology, physics, and computer science to illuminate topics in organization, adaptation, decentralization, and robustness …

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Complexity in Social Worlds, from Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life

Miller, John H.; Page, Scott E. - Princeton University Press

, biology, physics, and computer science to illuminate topics in organization, adaptation, decentralization, and robustness …

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Introduction to Behavioral Economics and Its Applications

Diamond, Peter; Vartiainen, Hannu - Princeton University Press

In the last decade, behavioral economics, borrowing from psychology and sociology to explain decisions inconsistent with traditional economics, has revolutionized the way economists view the world. But despite this general success, behavioral thinking has fundamentally transformed only one field...

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The Handbook of Organizational Economics

Robert Gibbons, Editor; John Roberts, Editor - Princeton University Press

Incentives in Organization; Ilya Segal and Michael D. Whinston: Chapter 3, Property Rights; Steven Tadelis and Oliver E … Organization; Timothy Bresnahan and Jonathan Levin: Chapter 21, Vertical Integration and Market Structure; Henry Hansmann: Chapter …, Relational Incentive Contracts; Claude M´enard: Chapter 26, Hybrid Modes of Organization; Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna and …

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