Ebook: Understanding Economic Behaviour

may be related to another basic assumption in economic psychology: that the human capacity to process information from the environment is limited, and that the kind of optimal use of that information postulated in many economic theories is therefore not possible. The research methods used are mainly geared towards empirical research, and there mostly towards survey research and experimentation. Experimentation involves most often simulated behaviour in a laboratory, which allows the experimental manipulation of possible causes of behaviour which would not be possible in real life. Survey research is the most widely used instrument for investigating real-world behaviour, with all its caveats about establishing causal explanations. Several introductory books (e. g. , Fumham & Lewis, 1986; Lea, Tarpy, & Webley, 1987; van Raaij, van Veldhoven, & Wlimeryd, 1988) and articles (e. g. , van Raaij, 1979; Wiswede, 1988) have appeared recently, which try to give an overview of the field of economic psychology, and which, in varying degrees, demonstrate the three foundations of economic psychology just mentioned. Others have concentrated on certain subtopics, such as the psychology of the labour market (e. g. , Baxter, 1988; Pelzmann, 1986).

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction to the Volume....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
National Wealth and Individual Happiness....Pages 9-32
Beliefs about Attainment of Life Satisfaction as Determinants of Preferences for Everyday Activities....Pages 33-46
Need for Achievement and Entrepreneurial Activity in Small Firms....Pages 47-64
The Kibbutz and Private Property....Pages 65-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Perceptions of Inflation....Pages 77-91
Cross-Sectional Evidence on the Rationality of the Mean and Variance of Inflation Expectations....Pages 93-105
The Perceived Causal Structure of Unemployment....Pages 107-120
A Cross-National Comparison of Attitudes, Personality, Behaviour, and Social Comparison in Tax Evasion Experiments....Pages 121-134
Perception and Judgment of Marginal Tax Rates After a Tax Reduction....Pages 135-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Beyond the Expected Utility Proposition in Rational Decision Making....Pages 183-197
Levels of Aspiration, Promises, and the Possibility of Revaluation....Pages 199-211
Another Attitude Towards Multi-Attribute Attitude Theories....Pages 213-230
Application of the Valence-Instrumentality-Expectancy and Multiattribute Utility Models in the Prediction of Worker Effort....Pages 231-245
Prediction of Preference Reversals by the Linearized Moments Model....Pages 247-266
Economic Man or Social Man — Exploring Free Riding in the Production of Collective Goods....Pages 267-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
From the Consumption of Necessities to Experience-Seeking Consumption....Pages 287-308
Personality Traits as Elements in a Model of Eating Behaviour....Pages 309-332
The “New Values” and Consumer Behaviour — Some Empirical Findings From Austria....Pages 333-345
Understanding Children’s Economie Socialization....Pages 347-368
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
A Model of Consumer Behaviour in the Situation of Shortages....Pages 369-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
The Quantitative Analysis of Economic Behavior With Laboratory Animals....Pages 393-407
Subjectivism in Economics — A Suggested Reorientation....Pages 409-431
Back Matter....Pages 433-441

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction to the Volume....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
National Wealth and Individual Happiness....Pages 9-32
Beliefs about Attainment of Life Satisfaction as Determinants of Preferences for Everyday Activities....Pages 33-46
Need for Achievement and Entrepreneurial Activity in Small Firms....Pages 47-64
The Kibbutz and Private Property....Pages 65-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Perceptions of Inflation....Pages 77-91
Cross-Sectional Evidence on the Rationality of the Mean and Variance of Inflation Expectations....Pages 93-105
The Perceived Causal Structure of Unemployment....Pages 107-120
A Cross-National Comparison of Attitudes, Personality, Behaviour, and Social Comparison in Tax Evasion Experiments....Pages 121-134
Perception and Judgment of Marginal Tax Rates After a Tax Reduction....Pages 135-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Beyond the Expected Utility Proposition in Rational Decision Making....Pages 183-197
Levels of Aspiration, Promises, and the Possibility of Revaluation....Pages 199-211
Another Attitude Towards Multi-Attribute Attitude Theories....Pages 213-230
Application of the Valence-Instrumentality-Expectancy and Multiattribute Utility Models in the Prediction of Worker Effort....Pages 231-245
Prediction of Preference Reversals by the Linearized Moments Model....Pages 247-266
Economic Man or Social Man — Exploring Free Riding in the Production of Collective Goods....Pages 267-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
From the Consumption of Necessities to Experience-Seeking Consumption....Pages 287-308
Personality Traits as Elements in a Model of Eating Behaviour....Pages 309-332
The “New Values” and Consumer Behaviour — Some Empirical Findings From Austria....Pages 333-345
Understanding Children’s Economie Socialization....Pages 347-368
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
A Model of Consumer Behaviour in the Situation of Shortages....Pages 369-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
The Quantitative Analysis of Economic Behavior With Laboratory Animals....Pages 393-407
Subjectivism in Economics — A Suggested Reorientation....Pages 409-431
Back Matter....Pages 433-441
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