Homo Oeconomicus: The Economic Model of Behaviour and Its Applications in Economics and Other Social Sciences

By Gebhard Kirchgässner

Book Overview

Introduction: Economics as a Positive Science.- The Economic Model of Behaviour.- Homo Oeconomicus in Economics.- Applications of the Economic Model of Behaviour in Other Social Sciences.- Low-Cost Situations and Moral Behaviour.- Limits to and Problems of the Application of the Economic Model of Behaviour.- Some #x02018;Normative#x02019; Considerations.- Homo Oeconomicus and the Unity of the (Social) Sciences.- Concluding Remarks: Economic versus Sociological Approaches in the Social Sciences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441924949
• ISBN13: 9781441924940
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"