Rousseau's Crusoe myth : the unlikely provenance of the neoclassical homo economicus [PDF]
, 2017 The neoclassical homo economicus has escaped the narrow confines of economic theory and is today embodied countless times over in the everyday behaviour that so much of the modern economy is set up precisely to serve.
Watson, Matthew
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A NEW PARADIGMA OF THE ECONOMICAL AGENT. FROM ADAM SMITHS HOMO ECONOMICUS TO HOMO GENEROSUS BASED ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2010 Analyzed form outside, many actions of the economical agent seem to be impulse by the self interest. As a prototype of this kind of person we have the Homo economicus as Adam Smith described it. In a blitz portrait we identify some characteristics: he is
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Homines Diversi: Heterogeneous Earner Behaviors in the Platform Economy
Sociologica, 2021 The platform economy has entered its second decade, and researchers are developing new theorizations of it as an economic form. One important feature is a heterogeneous labor force with respect to hours of work. In this paper, we identify another type of
Mehmet Cansoy +3 more
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Homo Economicus as the Basis of “Asgardia” Nation State in Space: Perspective of Educational Technologies [PDF]
Future Human Image, 2017 This paper considers the perspective of using the concept of Homo economicus as a cultural ideal. According to the authors, modern educational technologies must be directed to achieve this cultural ideal.
Roman Oleksenko, Lidiia Fedorova
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Avoiding Pain to Others Motivates Effortful Prosocial Behavior. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciProtecting others from harm is critical for societal well‐being but is often effortful. We examined how individuals choose to exert physical effort to reduce their and another person's pain. Results showed that individuals are similarly motivated to incur effort costs to help themselves and another person. We demonstrated that humans are not inherently
Massaccesi C, Zhang L, Silani G, Lamm C.
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The social side of Homo economicus [PDF]
, 2011 Many recent experiments in the field of behavioural economics appear to demonstrate a willingness of humans to behave altruistically, even when it is not in their interest to do so.
Rankin, D J
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Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula +2 more
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Pengaruh Persepsi Kegiatan Pembelajaran Ekonomi Terhadap Pembentukan Sikap Homo Economicus Bermoral Pada Mata Pelajaran Ekonomi Di SMAN 2 Surabaya [PDF]
, 2013 S : Surabaya is a big city that might affect homo economicus attitude of the students. The role of Economics teacher, as behavior filter through homo economicus attitude formation, becomes first priority in Economics instruction.
Maslachah, L. (Laili) +1 more
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Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
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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 +1 more
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