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Author:   Avner Ben-Ner (University of Minnesota) ,  Louis Putterman (Brown University, Rhode Island)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
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9781139174855

ISBN 10:   1139174851
Publication Date:   05 June 2012
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Table of Contents

Foreword Amartya Sen; Preface Avner Ben-Ner and Louis Putterman; 1. Introduction: values and institutions in economic analysis Avner Ben-Ner and Louis Putterman; Part I. The Formation and Evolution of Social Norms and Values: 2. The simultaneous evolution of institutions and norms Robert Sugden; 3. A utilitarian theory of political legitimacy Ken Binmore; 4. Why do we care what others think of us? Chaim Fershtman and Yoram Weiss; 5. Starting with nothing: on the impossibility of grounding: norms solely in self-interest Jane Mansbridge; Part II. The Generation and Transmission of Values in Families and Communities: 6. Did father know best? Families, markets, and the supply of caring labor Nancy Folbre and Tom Weisskopf; 7. How communities govern: the structural basis of pro-social norms Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis; 8. The limits or moral diversity Timur Kuran; 9. Moral diversity and specialized values: some observations John Michael Montias; Part III. Social Norms and Culture: 10. Social norms as positional arms control agreements Robert Frank; 11. Gifts and bribes Susan Rose-Ackerman; 12. How do we know whether a monetary transaction is a gift, an entitlement, or a payment? Viviana Zelizer; Part IV. The Organization of Work, Trust, and Incentives: 13. How effective are trust- and reciprocity-based incentives? Ernst Fehr and Simon Gächter; 14. Worker trust, system vulnerability, and the performance of work groups Andrew Schotter; 15. Trust: beliefs and morality Jonathan Baron; 16. Who is the custodian of the custodians? Russell Hardin; Part V. Markets, Values, and Welfare: 17. Institutions and morale: the crowding-out effect Bruno S. Frey; 18. The joyless market economy Robert Lane; Epilogue: historical evolution of values and institutions Douglass North.

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'This book has a good introduction by the editors and a conclusion by Douglass North, who says we must understand the interaction of institutions and behaviour to understand social change and development. The interesting essays demonstrate the amount of work needed to comprehend the development of morality.' The Times Higher Education Supplement ' ... this is an excellent volume ...'. Journal for Legal and Social Theory

'This book has a good introduction by the editors and a conclusion by Douglass North, who says we must understand the interaction of institutions and behaviour to understand social change and development. The interesting essays demonstrate the amount of work needed to comprehend the development of morality.' The Times Higher Education Supplement ' ... this is an excellent volume ...'. Journal for Legal and Social Theory The contributors to this book have both guts and brains. They are tackling deep issues that most of us just wave at. No reflective reader will want to miss this. Robert M. Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...an illuminating and cheering demonstration of the value of convening critical scholars from a variety of disciplines to discuss important cross-cutting questions. Book Notes this is an impressive book. It provides a good road map for going beyond the narrow rational choice theory of orthodox ecomonics, and gives many cutting edge ideas that can lead us to a better understanding of economic behavior and organiztionsl theory. Forthcoming Jrnl of Economic Behavior and Organization

'This book has a good introduction by the editors and a conclusion by Douglass North, who says we must understand the interaction of institutions and behaviour to understand social change and development. The interesting essays demonstrate the amount of work needed to comprehend the development of morality.' The Times Higher Education Supplement ' … this is an excellent volume …'. Journal for Legal and Social Theory

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