Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions - Hardcover

 
9783540674467: Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3540674462 ISBN 13: 9783540674467
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2000

Synopsis

Institutions are rules that are supported by various enforcement mechanisms. Cognition refers to the process of how men perceive and process information, whereas rationality refers to how these processes are modelled. Within institutional economics there is a growing scepticism towards extending the conventional economic frame of analysis to institutions. In particular, the notion of perfect rationality is increasingly questioned. At the same time human cognition has become a major field of research in psychology. This book explores what institutional economics can learn from cognitive psychology regarding the proper modelling of rationality in order to explain institutional change.

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Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540674462
ISBN 13 
9783540674467
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
276
Editor
Streit M. E., Mummert Uwe, Kiwit Daniel

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