| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Identity economics -- Identity and norms in utility -- Where we fit into today's economics -- Identity and the economics of organizations -- Identity and the economics of education -- Gender and work -- Race and minority poverty -- Identity economics and economic methodology -- Conclusion, and five ways identity changes economics. |
| Summary |
Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most recent paper was wrong. Identity, she argued, was the missing element that would help to explain why people--facing the same economic circumstances--would make different choices. This was the beginning of a fourteen-year collaboration--and of Identity Economics. The authors explain how our conception o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economics -- Psychological aspects.
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Economics -- Psychological aspects. |
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Identity (Psychology)
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Identity (Psychology) |
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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Economics -- Sociological aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kranton, Rachel E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Akerlof, George A., 1940- Identity economics. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691146485 (DLC) 2009038216 (OCoLC)440282060 |
| ISBN |
9781400834181 (electronic book) |
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140083418X (electronic book) |
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9780691152554 (print) |
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0691152551 (print) |
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9780691146485 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0691146489 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1282531476 |
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9781282531475 |
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