In this book, Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy provide such a framework by including the social environment along with standard goods and services in their utility functions. These extended utility functions provide a way of analyzing how changes in the social environment affect people's choices and behaviors. More important, they also provide a way of analyzing how the social environment itself is determined by the interactions of individuals.
Using this approach, the authors are able to explain many puzzling phenomena, including patterns of drug use, how love affects marriage patterns, neighborhood segregation, the prices of fine art and other collectibles, the social side of trademarks, the rise and fall of fads and fashions, and the distribution of income and status.
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In this book, Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy provide such a framework by including the social environment along with standard goods and services in their utility functions. These extended utility functions provide a way of analyzing how changes in the social environment affect people's choices and behaviors. More important, they also provide a way of analyzing how the social environment itself is determined by the interactions of individuals.
Using this approach, the authors are able to explain many puzzling phenomena, including patterns of drug use, how love affects marriage patterns, neighborhood segregation, the prices of fine art and other collectibles, the social side of trademarks, the rise and fall of fads and fashions, and the distribution of income and status.
Imprint | The Belknap Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | March 2003 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2000 |
Authors | Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy |
Dimensions | 227 x 127 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 190 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01121-2 |
Barcode | 9780674011212 |
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LSN | 0-674-01121-X |