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Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Manfred E. Streit

    1. Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Jena, Germany

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  2. Uwe Mummert

    1. Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Jena, Germany

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  3. Daniel Kiwit

    1. Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Jena, Germany

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions — Introduction and Overview

    1. Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions — Introduction and Overview

      • Daniel Kiwit, Uwe Mummert, Manfred E. Streit
      Pages 1-7

  3. Institutions and Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Suboptimality and Social Institutions: The Relationship Between Cognition and Context

      • Jack Knight
      Pages 11-26

    3. Comment on Jack Knight

      • Piet de Vries, Daniel Kiwit
      Pages 27-37

    4. Patterned Variation. The Role of Psychological Dispositions in Social and Institutional Evolution

      • Ekkehart Schlicht
      Pages 39-53

    5. Comment on Ekkehart Schlicht

      • Brian Loasby, Uwe Mummert
      Pages 55-64

    6. Legal Design and the Evolution of Remorse

      • Steffen Huck
      Pages 65-85

    7. Comment on Steffen Huck

      • Thomas Brenner
      Pages 87-94

  4. Cognition and Rationality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Rent Leaving

      • Bruno S. Frey, Iris Bohnet
      Pages 97-110

    3. Comment on Bruno S. Frey and Iris Bohnet

      • Heiko Geue, Andreas Ortmann
      Pages 111-127

    4. Reasoning in Economics and Psychology: Why Social Context Matters

      • Andreas Ortmann, Gerd Gigerenzer
      Pages 131-145

    5. Comment on Andreas Ortmann and Gerd Gigerenzer

      • Markus Pasche, Birger P. Priddat
      Pages 147-159

    6. Decision-Making and Institutionalised Cognition

      • Gernot Handlbauer
      Pages 161-180

    7. Comment on Gernot Handlbauer

      • Renate Mayntz
      Pages 181-186

  5. Rationality and Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Rationally Transparent Social Interactions

      • Bruce Chapman
      Pages 189-204

    3. Comment on Bruce Chapman

      • Thomas S. Ulen
      Pages 205-212

    4. Verstehen, Ideal Types and Situational Analysis for Institutional Economics

      • John Finch
      Pages 213-232
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About this book

Institutions are rules that are supported by various enforcement mechanisms. Cognition refers to the process of how men perceive and process information, whereas rationality refers to how these processes are modelled. Within institutional economics there is a growing scepticism towards extending the conventional economic frame of analysis to institutions. In particular, the notion of perfect rationality is increasingly questioned. At the same time human cognition has become a major field of research in psychology. This book explores what institutional economics can learn from cognitive psychology regarding the proper modelling of rationality in order to explain institutional change.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems, Jena, Germany

    Manfred E. Streit, Uwe Mummert, Daniel Kiwit

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions

  • Editors: Manfred E. Streit, Uwe Mummert, Daniel Kiwit

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59783-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64124-4Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59783-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economics, general, Social Sciences, general

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