Essays on Economic Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction to Essays on Economic Psychology

   • Hermann Brandstätter, Werner Güth

   Pages 1-29

3. Psychology + Economics = Economic Psychology?

   • Karl-Erik Wärneryd

   Pages 31-52

4. The Evolutionary Biology of Economic Behavior

   • Stephen E. G. Lea

   Pages 53-69

5. Rationality: The Formalist View

   • Stephen E. G. Lea

   Pages 71-89

6. Cognition and Economic Psychology

   • Klaus G. Grunert

   Pages 91-108

7. Psychological Aspects of Strategic Management

   • Klaus G. Grunert

   Pages 109-131

8. Economic Psychology and Telecommunications Research

   • Karl-Erik Wärneryd

   Pages 133-152

9. Distributive Justice

   • Werner Güth

   Pages 153-176

10. Public Choice — Economic Theory of Politics: A Survey in Selected Areas

    • Friedrich Schneider

    Pages 177-192

11. Measuring the Size and Development of the Shadow Economy. Can the Causes be Found and the Obstacles be Overcome?

    • Friedrich Schneider

    Pages 193-212

12. Why People Vote: The Role of Inter- and Intragroup Interaction in the Turnout Decision

    • Arthur Schram, Frans van Winden

    Pages 213-250

13. How to Avoid Intrapersonal Strategic Conflicts in Game Theory

    • Werner Güth

    Pages 251-279

14. Back Matter

    Pages 281-293

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Economic behavior is explored from a psychological perspective by both, prominent economic psychologists with a long tradition in studying economic problems as well as economists who are open and interested in the psychological aspects of economic behavior. The contributions discuss the prospects and difficulties of this dialogue between psychology and economics and survey some important areas of research where such an interdisciplinary approach has proved to be successful. The text can also be used to introduce psychology to economists in order to give them an idea how to analyze economic problems from a psychological perspective. It also indicates many urgent and exciting research topics awaiting eager scholars to carry on the dialogue.

• Economic Psychology
• Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung
• Psychologie
• Spieltheorie
• economics
• experimental economics
• game theory
• psychology
• public choice

• Department of Social and Economic Psychology, University of Linz, Linz/Auhof, Austria

  Hermann Brandstätter

• Institute of Economic Theory, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Werner Güth

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