The Beginnings of Behavioral Economics
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Katona, Simon, and Leibenstein's X-Efficiency Theory
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
2. Two beginnings
3. The “Big 3.” Simon, Katona, Leibenstein
4. It didn’t just happen overnight
5. Leibenstein before X-efficiency theory
6. X-efficiency. An intervening variable
7. Empirical research on XE: c.1967–1990
8. XE among US financial institutions
9. XE among financial firms in Asia
10. XE among Asian non-financial institutions
11. XE in Europe
12. XE in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and the world
13. Conclusions
Description
The Beginnings of Behavioral Economics: Katona, Simon, and Leibenstein's X-Efficiency Theory explores the mid-20th century roots of behavioral economics, placing the origin of this now-dominant approach to economic theory many years before the groundbreaking 1979 work on prospect theory by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. It discusses the work of Harvey Leibenstein, Herbert Simon, George Katona, and Frederick Hayek, reintroducing their contributions as founding pillars of the behavioral approach. It concentrates on the work of Leibenstein, reviewing his nuanced introduction of X-efficiency theory. Building from these foundations, the work explores the body of empirical research on market power and firm behavior – XE relationship.
This book is a tremendous resource for graduate students and early career researchers in behavioral economics, experimental economics, organizational economics, social and organizational psychology, labor market economics and public policy.
Key Features
- Reviews the powerful, but neglected contributions of mid-20th century scholars, like Leibenstein and Katona in building the roots of behavioral economic theory
- Amalgamates and reviews 50 years of empirical research and over 200 empirical papers on X-efficiency theory
- Establishes how X-efficiency can aid modern behavioral economics in further developing firm theory and understanding efficiency wages
Readership
Graduate students and early career researchers in behavioral economics, experimental economics, organizational economics, social and organizational psychology, labor market economics, and public policy
Details
- No. of pages:
- 258
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2020
- Published:
- 24th September 2019
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780128152898
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780128157053
Reviews
"Explores the history of the field of behavioral economics, focusing on the relationship between the first and subsequent generations of behavioral economists. Explores studies on X-efficiency among financial institutions in the United States and Asia from circa 1990 to 2017." --Journal of Economic Literature
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About the Author
Roger Frantz
Roger Frantz is Professor of Economics, San Diego State University. Roger Frantz has been a faculty member in the department of Economics at SDSU since 1978, attaining the rank of Full Professor in 1985. His fields of research are the history of economic thought, and behavioral economics. He has published in many Journals including Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Behavioral Economics, Journal of Socio-Economics, and many others. He is the Founding editor of the Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy. He has authored and edited many books.
Affiliations and Expertise
San Diego State University, USA
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