Striving for balance in economics: Towards a theory of the social determination of behavior

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 25-57

  Hoff, Karla ^a   Stiglitz, Joseph E ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Culture; Framing; Gender; Role model; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962143977     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2016.01.005     Document Type: Article

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