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Journal of Economic Literature - Book Review
JEL Volume. 49, Issue 4 | 
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Reviewed by: Charles Sprenger of Stanford University
Review DOI: 10.1257/jel.49.4.1230.r5
Review Pages: 1250-51
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Individuals and Identity in Economics by John B. Davis
Published By: Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 978-1-107-00192-3, cloth; 978-0-521-17353-7, pbk.
Date of Publication: 2011
Published By: Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 978-1-107-00192-3, cloth; 978-0-521-17353-7, pbk.
Date of Publication: 2011
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Reviewed by: Charles Sprenger of Stanford University
Review DOI: 10.1257/jel.49.4.1230.r5
Review Pages: 1250-51
Book Review Abstract
Charles Sprenger of Stanford University reviews "Individuals and Identity in Economics" by John B. Davis. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, "Examines the nature and different directions of development in thinking about the human individual in recent economics. Discusses the individual in economics; psychology's challenge to economics—rationality and the individual; multiple selves and self-control—contextualizing individuality; social identity and social preferences in the utility function; the individual in game theory—from fixed points to experiments; multiple selves in interaction—teams and neuroscience; evolution and the individual—identity through change; evolution and capabilities—human heterogeneity; the identity of individuals and the economics of identity; and economic policy, democracy, and justice. Davis is Professor and Chair of History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, Professor of Economics at Marquette University, and Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. Index."
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Charles Sprenger of Stanford University
JEL Classifications
B41: Economic Methodology
D10: Household Behavior: General
D87: Neuroeconomics
D10: Household Behavior: General
D87: Neuroeconomics
