Autore: Jess Benhabib

How can economists define social preferences and interactions?Culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other sources contain the origins of social preferences. Those preferences–the desire for socia …

How can economists define and measure social preferences and interactions?Through the use of new economic data and tools, our contributors survey an array of social interactions and decisions that ty …

How do economists understand and measure normal social phenomena?Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation, discrimination, and peer dynamics requires sophisticated …

In recent years economists have begun to use the techniques of non-linear dynamics to show that some apparently erratic and turbulent economic phenomena reflect subtle underlying patterns. How do cyc …