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Tastes, Castes, and Culture : The Influence of Society on Preferences

Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms of change...

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Main Authors: Fehr, Ernst, Hoff, Karla
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ANIMALS
ARGUMENTS
ART
BASIC
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
BELIEFS
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
BOURGEOISIE
CASTES
CLASSICAL ECONOMICS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
CONSUMERS
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
CULTURAL FACTORS
CULTURAL PRACTICES
CULTURAL RESEARCH
DEMAND CURVES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCRIMINATION
DOCUMENTATION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC THEORY
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPLOYMENT
EMPOWERMENT
ENDOGENOUS PREFERENCES
EVOLUTION
EXPECTED UTILITY
EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
FIXED COSTS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GAME THEORY
HETEROGENEITY
HISTORICAL EVENTS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDENTITY
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INSURANCE
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LITERATURE
LOVE
MACROECONOMICS
MATERNITY LEAVE
MEMORY
MINIMUM WAGE
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
NATURE
NORMS
PARENTS
PERCEPTION
PERCEPTIONS
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POWER
PREDATORY PRICING
PREFERENCES
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC GOOD
RABBIT
RETIREMENT
RISK AVERSE
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL PRACTICES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
SOCIETIES
SOCIOLOGISTS
SOCIOLOGY
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY THEORY
VARIETY
VIOLENCE
WAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE ECONOMICS
WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110815154917
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3522

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110815154917
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3522

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