Tastes, castes, and culture: The influence of society on preferences

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Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms of changes in the set of feasible alternatives. Here we argue that the opposition to explaining behavioural changes in terms of preference changes is illfounded, that the psychological properties of preferences render them susceptible to direct social influences, and that the impact of society on preferences is likely to have important economic and social consequences.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 26

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
• Thema: endogenous preferences ; culture ; caste ; frames ; anchors ; elicitation devices ; Präferenztheorie ; Verhaltensökonomik ; Soziale Norm ; Soziale Schicht ; Kultur ; Theorie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Fehr, Ernst ; Hoff, Karla
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Zurich, Department of Economics
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5167/uzh-51530
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77533
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ