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Some considerations regarding the problem of multidimensional utility
Binder, Martin - 2009
eliminate the possibility to make a normative argument supporting a multidimensional notion of utility. -- utility ; pleasures …The concept of "utility" is often used in ambiguous ways in economics, from having substantive psychological … can we compare different pleasures? This paper assesses the evidence from psychology and neurosciences on how to best …
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How mindless is standard economics really?
Schipper, Burkhard - 2009
Contrary to claims by Gul and Pesendorfer (2008), I show that standard economics makes use of non-choice evidence in a meaningful way. This is because standard economics solely grounded in the theory of choice is "incomplete". That is, it has content that can not be revealed with any general...
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Journal of neuroscience, psychology, and economics
Association for NeuroPsychoEconomics - Washington, DC : Educational Publishing Foundation - 1.2008 -
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Mastering temptation : behavioral, neural and physiological investigations of self-control in goal-directed choice
Maier, Silvia Ursula - 2016
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The will, the pendulum, and human choice : Jevons and Bergson on the measurability of human feelings
Maas, Harro - 1996
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Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : evidence from blackjack tables
Carlin, Bruce Ian; Robinson, David T. - 2009
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Rationalising "irrational" support for political violence
Jennings, Colin C. - 2010
This paper provides a rationale for group support for political violence in situations where violence does not provide a material benefit. Rabin’s (1993) theory of fairness is adopted to demonstrate that although group violence may not be the equilibrium of a material game it may be a fairness...
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Is there room for "fear" as a human passion in the work by Adam Smith?
Parisi Acquaviva, Daniela - 2014
The sciences tell us that fears are physical feelings and mental emotions that play a key role in any society. Not many issues related to fear are explored by economists today. The aim of this paper is to go backwards through the history of economic thought, and examine if and how Adam Smith...
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Nonparametric identification and estimation in a generalized Roy model
Bayer, Patrick J.; Khan, Shakeeb; Timmins, Christopher - 2008
-pecuniary component of utility associated with each choice alternative. Previous work has found that, without parametric restrictions or …-pecuniary component of utility associated with each choice alternative. We develop nonparametric estimators corresponding to two …
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Psychology and economics rather than psychology versus economics : cultural differences but no barriers!
Brandstätter, Hermann; Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut - 2008
During the last three decades the ascent of behavioral economics clearly helped to bring down artificial disciplinary boundaries between psychology and economics. Noting that behavioral economics seems still under the spell of the rational choice tradition and, indirectly, of behaviorism we...
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