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Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour

Towards a New Social Science Paradigm

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  1. Bruno S. Frey

    1. University of Zürich, Switzerland

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Human Behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Economics as a Social Science: Approach, Applications and Interdisciplinarity

      • Bruno S. Frey
      Pages 3-19

  3. Applications to Various Areas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-22
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    2. Natural Environment: Fair Siting Procedures

      • Felix Oberholzer-Gee
      Pages 23-48

    3. Politics: Unemployment and National Socialism

      • Hannelore Weck-Hannemann
      Pages 49-69

    4. Arts: Investments in Paintings

      • Werner W. Pommerehne
      Pages 71-83

    5. Family: Patriarchy in China

      • Barbara Krug
      Pages 85-98

    6. Conflict: Fighting Political Terrorism by Refusing Recognition

      • Bruno S. Frey
      Pages 99-107

    7. History: Prisoners of War

      • Heinz Buhofer
      Pages 109-131

    8. Academia: American and European Economics and Economists

      • Reiner Eichenberger
      Pages 133-141

  4. Extensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-144
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    2. The Limits and Further Developments of Homo Oeconomicus

      • Bruno S. Frey
      Pages 145-157

    3. The Price System and Morals

      • Bruno S. Frey
      Pages 159-175

    4. The Sound of Silence in Prisoner’s Dilemma and Dictator Games

      • Iris Bohnet
      Pages 177-194

    5. An Ipsative Theory of Human Behaviour

      • Beat Heggli
      Pages 195-211

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 213-249
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About this book

This book champions the view that economics is a social science, and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. I am aware that the way problems are addressed here has little in common with economics as it is generally understood today; most economists make strong efforts to imitate the exact sciences. Economics tends to become a branch of applied mathematics; the majority of all publications in professional journals and books are full of axioms, lemmas and proofs, and they are much concerned with purely formal deductions. Often, when the results are translated into verbal language, or when they are applied empirically, disappointingly little of interest remains. The book wants to show that another type of economics exists which is surprisingly little known. This type of economics has its own particular point of view. It centres on a concept of man, or a model of human behaviour, which differs from those normally used in other social sciences such as sociology, political science, law, or psychology. I do not, however, claim that economics is the only legitimate social science. On the contrary, economics can provide useful insights only in collaboration with the other social Vll Vlll PREFACE sciences-an aspect which has been disregarded by mathematically oriented economics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Zürich, Switzerland

    Bruno S. Frey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour

  • Book Subtitle: Towards a New Social Science Paradigm

  • Authors: Bruno S. Frey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5187-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers Boston 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8434-2Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8471-7Published: 31 July 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5187-4Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 249

  • Topics: Public Economics, Economic Policy, Political Science

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