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BL
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1017195
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b771565
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| Main Entry
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Akerlof, George A.,1940-
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| Title & Author
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Identity economics : : how our identities shape our work, wages, and well-being /\ George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0691152551
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: 140083418X
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: 9780691152554
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: 9781400834181
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0691146489
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1282531476
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9780691146485
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9781282531475
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Identity economics -- Identity and norms in utility -- Where we fit into today's economics -- Identity and the economics of organizations -- Identity and the economics of education -- Gender and work -- Race and minority poverty -- Identity economics and economic methodology -- Conclusion, and five ways identity changes economics.
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| Abstract
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Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most recent paper was wrong. Identity, she argued, was the missing element that would help to explain why people--facing the same economic circumstances--would make different choices. This was the beginning of a fourteen-year collaboration--and of Identity Economics. The authors explain how our conception o.
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Economics-- Psychological aspects.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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Identity (Psychology)
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Microeconomics.
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Economics-- Psychological aspects.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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Identity (Psychology)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Economie.
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Identiteit.
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Waarden.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3
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HB74.P8A4944 2010eb
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QB 100rvk
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QC 010rvk
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| Added Entry
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Kranton, Rachel E.
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