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Regret Theory: An alternative theory of rational choice under uncertainty Review of Economic Studies

, 1982
The main body of current economic analysis of choice under uncertainty is built upon a small number of basic axioms, formulated in slightly different ways by von Neumann and Morgenstern (I 947), Savage (1 954) and others. These axioms are widely believed
G. Loomes, R. Sugden
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Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation

, 1998
This text provides a wide-ranging discussion of personal movitation that opens out traditional eonomics to provide a more mature view of individuals as being sensitive to private and moral motives as well as market incentives.
B. Frey
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Development, Geography, and Economic Theory

, 1995
Why do certain ideas gain currency in economics while others fall by the wayside? Paul Krugman argues that the unwillingness of mainstream economists to think about what they could not formalize led them to ignore ideas that turn out, in retrospect, to ...
P. Krugman
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Data in Search of a Theory: A Critical Examination of the Relationships Among Social Performance, Social Disclosure, and Economic Performance of U.S. Firms

, 1985
Inconsistent findings have resulted from studies of the relationships among social disclosure, social performance, and economic performance of U.S. corporations. No clear tendency can be detected.
Arieh A. Ullmann
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Monetarism and Economic Theory

Economica, 1980
In this paper I want to examine the theoretical foundations of "monetarism". At the outset there is a difficulty. Professor Stein writes: "Monetarists are policy oriented. Their major propositions are a series of empirical observations. . . rather than a theory in direct opposition to neo-Keynesian analysis" (Stein, 1976). And Professor Friedman writes,
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Economic Theory

, 2022
M. Sampaio de Alencar
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The theory of economic integration

1988
In reality, almost all existing cases of economic integration were either proposed or formed for political reasons even though the arguments popularly put forward in their favour were expressed in terms of possible economic gains. However, no matter what the motives for economic integration are, it is still necessary to analyse the economic ...
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The economic theory of rights

Journal of Institutional Economics, 1994
Abstract:People have rights to the degree that they are willing to claim them and are able to enforce them, either themselves or through a third-party enforcer. This economic theory of rights is based on the rights people actually do have and are able to exercise, not the rights they should have based on some normative criteria. Natural rights theories
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A Theory of Economie History in Place of Economic Theory ?

Revue économique, 1991
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Economic Theories of Globalization

2009
This chapter will show how the notions globalization, capitalism and markets can be used for analyzing economic globalization. We will look at the globalization of markets, from the local market that offers fruits from all over the world to contemporary financial markets that operate around the clock due to a shift work by traders around the globe ...
Aspers, Patrik, Kohl, Sebastian
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