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Alcohol unleashes homo economicus by inhibiting cooperation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
Human behavior lies somewhere between purely self-interested homo economicus and socially-motivated homo reciprocans. The factors that cause people to choose self-interest over costly cooperation can provide insights into human nature and are essential ...
Paul J Zak, Kylene Hayes, Elizabeth Paulson, Edward Stringham   +3 more
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Homo economicus belief inhibits trust. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
As a foundational concept in economics, the homo economicus assumption regards humans as rational and self-interested actors. In contrast, trust requires individuals to believe partners' benevolence and unselfishness. Thus, the homo economicus belief may
Ziqiang Xin, Guofang Liu
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The Evolution of Homo Economicus

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2016
The article provides a review of the ways in which interdisciplinary research in modern economic thought gives a more realistic understanding of human behavior and economic decision making. On the one hand, economic imperialism drove wider application of
Natalia V. Komarovskaia
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The Phenomenology of Homo Economicus [PDF]

Sociological Theory, 2020
Much has been written about the fictitious nature of the atomistic model of homo economicus. Nevertheless, this economic model of self-interest and egoism has become conventional wisdom in market societies. This article offers a phenomenological explanation for the model’s commonsensical grip.
Galit Ailon
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On the weighting of homo economicus and homo virtus in human behaviour

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
In economic sciences, most analyses focus on the economic person construct. However, this that formalization does not capture the complex nature of human behaviour.
Marcela Parada-Contzen, José Rigoberto Parada-Daza   +1 more
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Emerging Neoliberal Academic Identities: Looking Beyond Homo economicus

Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2021
In this article, I deal with the notion of ‘academic identity’ holistically, seeking to bring together the teacher and researcher roles of academics in the neoliberal university.
Claire Skea
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Homo economicus? [PDF]

EMBO Rep, 2009
Klaus Mathis, Deborah Shannon
europepmc   +5 more sources

Is Homo Economicus Performative? Evidence From a Beauty Contest Experiment With Mainstream and Non‐Mainstream Academic Economists

Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 38-52, February 2026.
Does studying mainstream microeconomics cause individuals to behave more like the textbook version of homo economicus? Most studies suggesting a positive answer have used student samples and focused on self‐interested behaviors in collective dilemma ...
Mikhail Sokolov, Alexander Libman
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Updating neoclassical economics with contemporary conceptions of homo economicus: a bibliometric analysis

Quality and Quantity
The postulation of rationality pervading neoclassical economics, having found to be lacking in veracity, necessitates an update of Homo economicus in neoclassical economics. An empirical formulation of economics predicated on an evolutionary framework of
Arnesh Telukdarie
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The Homo Economicus as a Prototype of a Psychopath? A Conceptual Analysis and Implications for Business Research and Teaching

Journal of Business Ethics
Since the beginning of business research and teaching, the basic assumptions of the discipline have been intensely debated. One of these basic assumptions concerns the behavioral aspects of human beings, which are traditionally represented in the ...
Florian Fuchs, Lingnau Volker
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