Akerlof and Kranton on identity in economics: Inverting the analysis

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-362

  Davis, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity in economics; Personal identity objection function; Recent economics; Social identity approach; Sociological approach to identity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC THEORY; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY;

EID: 34447509200     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bel019     Document Type: Article

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