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PREFERENCES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Kyklos, 1967
SUMMARY In this article several standard models of economic growth are considered from the point of view of Welfare Economics. As the growth models show a rather material orientation, it might be thought useful to look for the implicit assumptions that are made with respect to the behaviour pattern of consumers and producers, who ultimately govern ...
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On the Economics of Moral Preferences

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2008
Abstract. The long‐standing critique of the “economic model of man” has gained new impetus, not least due to the broadening research in behavioral and experimental economics. Many of the critics have focused on the apparent difficulty of traditional rational choice theory to account for the role of moral or ethical concerns in human conduct, and a ...
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Economic Growth and Revealed Social Preference

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2005
Summary: The Representative Agent Growth Model is estimated econometrically using the Generalized Method of Moments for the U.S. economy for three separate Growth Eras and the results compared to those obtained using the Kydland--Prescott calibration approach. The estimated parameters differ substantially in the three cases, which imply changing social
Day, Richard H., Yang, Chengyu
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Authoritarianism, Economic Liberalism, and Political Preference

Psychological Reports, 1972
Investigation of the political behavior of 293 Wisconsin adults in a gubernatorial election suggests that, while authoritarianism has some effect on political behavior, this is small and attenuated by more important economic considerations. Political man is, in large part, economic man.
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Economics with Ethical Preferences

2008
Classical and neoclassical economics regard all men as egoists who are only interested in their own well-being. Nev ertheless, these egoists are trustworthy, stand to contracts and obey the law. Nowadays, modern economics models people as opportunists who are sel fish without any constraints.
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Dynamic evolution of economically preferred facilities

European Journal of Operational Research, 2009
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Inflation Expectations and Economic Preferences

We provide evidence for an expectation gap, where risk-averse as well as impatient households and experts provide significantly higher prior inflation forecasts. Using a survey randomized control trial (RCT), we can show that information about inflation forecasts closes this expectations gap.
Dräger, Lena, Floto, Maximilian, Schröder, Marina   +2 more
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Experimental Economics to Evaluate Consumer Preferences

2018
This chapter is intended to guide readers in the comprehension of experimental economics mechanisms, and their underlying rationale, so the experimenter will be aware of how to choose, and effectively apply, the most appropriate method for her or his specific research objective.
Vecchio R., Annunziata A.
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Economics without Preferences

Economics without Preferences lays out a new microeconomics - a theory of choice behavior, markets, and welfare - for agents who lack the preferences and marginal judgments that economics normally relies on. Agents without preferences defy the rules of the traditional model of rational choice but they can still systematically pursue their interests ...
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Economics, Sociobiology, and Behavioral Psychology on Preferences

Journal of Economic Psychology, 1991
Abstract Economists have become increasingly interested in hypotheses from sociobiology as a source of inspiration for filling gaps in the economic model of behavior. To avoid borrowing eclectically and arbitrarily from neighboring disciplines, this paper attempts to outline in a systematic way the similarities and differences between the approaches ...
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