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Neuroscience and the Economics of Decision Making

  • Edited by Alessandro Innocenti.

Published April 2012

In the last two decades there has been a flourishing research carried out jointly by economists, psychologists and neuroscientists. This meltdown of competences has lead towards original approaches to investigate the mental and cognitive mechanisms involved in the way the economic agent collects,…
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Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?

Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?
  • Edited by Caterina Marchionni, and Jack Vromen.

Published January 2012

Is neuroeconomics a flimsy fad likely to pass without leaving a discernible trace in economics? Or is it a promising new field with the potential to enrich and improve economic theory? Neuroeconomics brings together a unique mix of perspectives ranging from philosophy of science to neuroeconomics…
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Towards a Socioanalysis of Money, Finance and Capitalism

Beneath the Surface of the Financial Industry

  • Edited by Susan Long, and Burkard Sievers.

Published November 2011

The current global financial crisis has raised awareness of the impact the world of finance has on the economy and the future of democracy. Following the crisis, this book aims at a deep understanding of the human psycho-social dynamics beneath the surface of the financial industry, its markets and…
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Social Judgment and Decision Making

Social Judgment and Decision Making
  • Edited by Joachim I. Krueger.

Published October 2011

This volume brings together classic key concepts and innovative theoretical ideas in the psychology of judgment and decision-making in social contexts. The chapters of the first section address the basic psychological processes underlying judgment and decision-making. The guiding question is "What…
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Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics
  • By Edward Cartwright.

Published May 2011

This textbook is a first major introduction to behavioral economics, designed primarily for advanced undergraduate students. Unquestionably the hottest new field to have emerged in the social sciences over the past decade, behavioral considerations are now making themselves felt across academia and…
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Behaviour and Rationality in Corporate Governance

  • By Oliver Marnet.

Published March 2011

Corporate scandals due to bad accounting happen far too frequently for a system of corporate governance to be deemed effective. This book tells why the safeguards designed to prevent bad accounting so often fail. By studying why the auditors and members of a board of directors regularly…
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Perspectives on Framing

Perspectives on Framing
  • Edited by Gideon Keren.

Published October 2010

Language comprises a major mark of humans compared with other primates and is the main vehicle for social interaction. A major characteristic of any natural language is that the same communication, idea, or intention can be articulated in different ways—in other words, the same message can be "…
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The Science of Giving

Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity

The Science of Giving
  • Edited by Daniel M. Oppenheimer, and Christopher Y. Olivola.

Published October 2010

Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational data which…
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Computable, Constructive and Behavioural Economic Dynamics

Essays in Honour of Kumaraswamy (Vela) Velupillai

  • Edited by Stefano Zambelli.

Published February 2010

The book contains thirty original articles dealing with important aspects of theoretical as well as applied economic theory. While the principal focus is on: the computational and algorithmic nature of economic dynamics; individual as well as collective decision process and rational behavior, some…
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Reciprocity, Altruism and the Civil Society

In praise of heterogeneity

  • By Luigino Bruni.

Published November 2009

The main emphasis of this new book from Luigino Bruni is a praise of heterogeneity, arguing that society works when different people are able to cooperate in many different ways. The author engages in a novel approach to reciprocity looking at its different forms in society, from cautious or…
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