Homo Oeconomicus The Economic Model of Behaviour and Its Applications in Economics and Other Social Sciences /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kirchgässner, Gebhard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Σειρά: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences ; 6
• Θέματα: Political science.; Economic history.; Law and economics.; Social sciences.; Economics.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Political Science.; Law and Economics.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: X, 356 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9780387727974

The economic model of behaviour is fundamental not only in economic theory, but also in modern approaches of other social sciences, above all in political science and law. This book provides a comprehensive treatise of the general model, its philosophical and methodological foundations and its applications in different fields. In addition to the basic model, extensions to its assumptions are examined to account for complex applications like low-cost situations with moral behaviour. Finally, the book takes a broader perspective by evaluating the impact of the model on economic policy and on the development of the field of social science as a whole, such as the competition between individualistic and collectivist approaches.