Beyond the rationality of economic man, toward the true rationality of human man

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1703-1712

  Tomer, John ^a  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic; Metapreferences; Normative; Preferences; Rationality; True

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849122339     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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