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Book SynopsisEconomists working on behavioral economics have been awarded the Nobel Prize four times in recent years. This book explores this innovative area and in particular focuses on the work of Harvey Leibenstein, one of the pioneers of this discipline.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Leibenstein as a Behavioral Pioneer 2. The Neuroeconomics of Trust 3. Leibenstein's Selective Rationality and Dual Motives as Expressions of Brain Physiology 4. The Evolutionary Foundations of Behavioral Economics: Harvey Leibenstein' s Legacy 5. 'Efficacy' vs 'X-efficiency' 6. Consumer X-inefficiency and the Problem of Market Regulation 7. Leibenstein's Theory of Consumption Behavior 8. Effort Discretion and Economic Agency and Behavioral Economics: Transforming Economic Theory and Public Policy 9. Understanding High Performance Work Systems: The Joint Contribution of Economics and Human Resource Management 10. X-efficiency and Underdevelopment: A Leibenstein's Application of Behavioral Economics 11. Empirical Evidence on X-efficiency, 1967-2004
