Evolving Norms

Cognitive Perspectives in Economics
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-50246-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 355 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5812 g

Reihe: Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics

This book presents institutional evolution and individual choice as codependent results of behavioral patterns. Drawing on F.A. Hayek's concepts of cognition and cultural evolution, Teraji demonstrates how the relationship between the sensory and social orders can allow economists to track social norms and their effects on the global economy. He redirects attention from the conventional focus on what an individual chooses to the changing social order that determines how an individual chooses. Cultural shifts provide the environmental feedback that challenges the mental models governing individual choice, creating a cycle of coevolution. Teraji develops a general framework from which to examine this symbiotic relationship in order to identify predictive patterns. Not just for behavioral economists, this book will also appeal to those who specialize in institutional economics, the philosophy of economics, and economic sociology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teraji, Shinji

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Foundations     Appendix A   Hyperbolic discounting     Appendix B   Herd behavior and the quality of opinions
2. Why Do People Obey Norms?      Appendix C   Morale and the evolution of norms     Appendix D   A theory of norm compliance: Punishment and reputation     Appendix E   A model of corporate social performance: Social satisfaction and moral conduct
3. The Sensory Order Revisited  4. Norms, Coordination, and Order5. Culture and cultural evolution     Appendix F   Identity in utility     Appendix G   Culture, effort variability, and hierarchy     Appendix H   Property rights, trust, and economic performance     Appendix I   The economics of possible selves     Appendix J   An economic analysis of social exclusion and inequality
6. Co-evolution of Mind and Society7. Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Shinji Teraji is Professor of Economics at Yamaguchi University, Japan. His research is mainly concerned with behavioral economics, institutional economics, and economic methodology.