Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions
Published on 10. July 2000
Book
Hardback
VIII, 268 pages
978-3-540-67446-7 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 s/w Tabellen, 9 farbige Abbildungen
9 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biography
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-67446-7 (9783540674467)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-59783-1
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Content
Preface.- D. Kiwit, U. Mummert, M. Streit: Introduction and Overview.- Institutions and Cognition: J. Knight: Suboptimal and Social Institutions: The Relationship Between Cognition and Context.- P. de Vries: Comment.- D. Kiwit: Comment.- E. Schlicht: Patterned Variation. The Role of Psychological Dispositions in Social and Institutional Evolution.- B. Loasby: Comment.- U. Mummert: Comment.- S. Huck: Legal Design and the Evolution of Remorse.- T. Brenner: Comment.- Cognition and Rationality: B. Frey, I. Bohnet: Rent Leaving.- H. Geue: Comment.- A. Ortmann: Comment.- A. Ortmann, G. Gigerenzer: Reasoning in Economics and Psychology: Why Social Context Matters.- M. Pasche: Comment.- B. Priddat: Comment.- G. Handlbauer: Decision Making and Institutionalized Cognition.- R. Mayntz: Comment.- Rationality and Institutions: B. Chapman: Rationally Transparent Social Interactions.- T. Ulen: Comment.- J. Finch: Verstehen, Ideal Types and Situational Analysis for Institutional Economics.- L. Csontos: Comment.- H. Siegenthaler: Learning and its Rationality in a Context of Fundamental Uncertainty.- H. Hegmann: Comment.- T. Eggertsson: Comment.