For those who wonder how ethics and psychology fit into economics, Allan Schmids innovative text, Conflict and Cooperation,explores the importance of moral judgments in settling conflicts of interest, and the vast effects of human behavior on economic theories and models. Investigating the institutional ‘rules of the game’ both formal and informal and how these rules change to serve competing interests, this text addresses the substantive impact of alternative institutions and institutional evolution. An economic framework emerges, acknowledging human learning and preference change, bounded rationality, and disequilibrium. With its broad applications and numerous practice and discussion questions, this text will appeal not only to students of economics, but also to those studying sociology, law, and political science.
Book Details:
- Author: A. Allan Schmid
- ISBN: 9780470773833
- Year Published: 2004
- Pages: 360
- BISAC: BUS069030, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Economics / Theory
About the Book and Topic:
For those who wonder how ethics and psychology fit into economics, Allan Schmids innovative text, Conflict and Cooperation,explores the importance of moral judgments in settling conflicts of interest, and the vast effects of human behavior on economic theories and models. Investigating the institutional ‘rules of the game’ both formal and informal and how these rules change to serve competing interests, this text addresses the substantive impact of alternative institutions and institutional evolution. An economic framework emerges, acknowledging human learning and preference change, bounded rationality, and disequilibrium. With its broad applications and numerous practice and discussion questions, this text will appeal not only to students of economics, but also to those studying sociology, law, and political science.
Addresses formal and informal institutions, the impact of alternative institutions, and institutional change and evolution. Presents a framework open to changing preferences, bounded rationality, and evolution. Explains how to form empirically testable hypotheses using experiments, case studies, and econometrics. Includes numerous practice and discussion questions.
About the Author
A. Allan Schmid is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University. He is the author of eight books, including Property, Power, and Public Choice (second edition, 1987), and BenefitCost Analysis: A Political Economy Approach (1989).