Psychology, Rationality and Economic Behaviour

RONALD BENABOU Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, USAFREIDEL BOLLE Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), GermanyJUAN-CAMILO CARDENAS Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia OTTARINO CHILLEMI Università di Padova, Italy FLORIAN ENGLMAIER Universität München, GermanyERNST FEHR Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Zürich, SwitzerlandALEXANDER KRITIKOS Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), GermanyJOCHEN JUNGEILGES Universität Bielefeld, GermanyODED STARK ZEF, Universität Bonn, GermanyTHEIS THEISEN School of Management, Agder University College, Kristiansand, NorwayJEAN TIROLE Institut d'Economie Industrielle, Université de Toulouse, FranceJEAN-ROBERT TYRAN Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkALEXANDER VASIN Moscow State University, Russian FederationYONG WANG City University of Hong Kong, ChinaYOU QUIANG WANG School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

• Introduction; B.Agarwal & A.Vercelli PART 1: ANALYTICAL MODELS AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Self-Confidence and Personal Motivation; R.Benabou & J.Tirole Rationality, Learning and Complexity; A.Vercelli Altruism: Evolution and a Repercussion; O.Stark, Y.Q.Wang & Y.Wang Human Reproduction and Utility Functions: An Evolutionary Approach; A.Vasin Moral Hazard, Contracts and Social Preferences: A Survey; F.Englmaier Mutual Concern, Workplace Relationships and Pay Scales; O.Chillemi PART 2: LABORATORY AND FIELD EXPERIMENTS Expectations and the Effects of Money Illusion; E.Fehr & J-R.Tyran Utility-Based Altruism: Evidence from Experiments; F.Bolle & A.Kritikos Equity Judgements Elicited through Experiments: An Econometric Examination; J.Jungeilges & T.Theisen Groups, Commons and Regulations: Experiments with Villagers and Students in Columbia; J-C.Cardenas

'...all papers in both parts of this volume are of high quality and extend the frontiers of both behavioural and experimental economics. The applications span across the gamut of fields in economics and the editors of this volume should be commended for collating and integrating these nuggets into a volume that makes for stimulating reading and an excellent introduction to the field.' - Shreekant Gupta, Indian Economic Review 'Overall, this volume is noteworthy for the breadth of topics covered and psychological constructs incorporated into economic models. Several of the studies contribute to the growing literature in experimental economics.' - Roxane Gudeman, Feminist Economics