BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

The aim of the study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the scientific field of Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Finance. The research was conducted using the Web of Science database, which returned 2617 articles, revealing that the amount of research within these fields has grown over time. Furthermore, the results also prove the relevance of the works of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky for the field of Behavioral Economics and Finance, and Steven Hursh to Behavioral Economics. It is still possible to note that the field of Behavioral Economics encompasses subjects that connect human behavior with demand, consumption and price, with investments and with managerial decisions, as well as with the role played by heuristics and cognitive biases in decision‐making processes. In turn, the field of Behavioral Finance is more focused on the study of errors of judgment and of decision‐making characteristics in financial investments. Additionally, it is inferred that the field of Behavioral Economics is more wide‐ranging than the field of Behavioral Finance, as the latter is a byproduct of Behavioral Economics. Finally, a conclusion is then reached, demonstrating that the fields of Behavioral Economics and Finance have turned into an important field of study.     

高职经济学教材由学科向教学体系转化研究

作为"社会科学皇冠上最为璀璨的明珠"的经济学教材汗牛充栋,高等职业教育经济学教材尽管取得了很多的成绩,但是也还存在一些问题,不能很好的满足高等职业教育培养目标和课程教学的要求,通过经济学课程的分析,探讨高职经济学教材由学科体系向教学体系转化的途径。     

BOOKS IN REVIEW

Book reviewed in this article: Management Theory and Practice by Ernest Dale Marxist Sociology in Action: A Sociological Critique of the Marxist Approach to Industrial Relations by J. A. Banks The Professional Manager by Douglas McGregor Wages and Labour Economics by J. M. Jackson Productivity Bargaining and Industrial Change by Nora Stettner What Economics is About by Michael Barratt Brown     

Do's and Don'ts for Last Minute Revision of Economics 'A' Level

Are you worried by the prospect of the ‘A’ Level Economics exam? Roger Stokes, Economics Master at Worth School, gives advice to the anxious examination candidate.     

SHIFTING BOUNDARIES IN ECONOMICS: THE INSTITUTIONAL COGNITIVE STRAND AND THE FUTURE OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS

This paper aims at contributing to the debate on the future of institutional economics and of the field as a whole by starting from the literature that discusses the relationship between Old‐Original Institutional Economics and New Institutional Economics. It suggests that the process of reunifying OIE and NIE (and evolutionary economics) prompted by part of the literature could be improved by the contribution of the Cognitive Institutional Economics. The paper follows a two‐stage pathway: first, it frames the debate on the relationships between NIE and the OIE and it concentrates on a subset of the literature that shows that NIE's recent developments complicate the distinction between NIE and OIE, and it explores the possibility that NIE and OIE may merge so that an amalgam of NIE, OIE and Evolutionary Economics becomes the next economic paradigm. Secondly, the paper argues that a step forward in the direction outlined by the literature has been made by CIE, which is a research stream that developed from cross‐fertilization among NIE, OIE and the Hayekian contributions to the analysis of institutions. In the concluding remarks, the possible emergence of a single institutional paradigm is discussed in the light of the literature about change in economics.     

技术经济方法体系的拓展与完善——基于学科发展历史视角的分析

本文从学科发展历史的视角,全面分析了技术经济学创立以来,经济社会环境、学科研究对象以及学科方法体系发生的变化和调整,并对未来学科及其方法体系的发展趋势进行展望。技术经济方法体系的形成和完善是适应经济社会现实需求及学科研究范畴调整需要的结果。当前,技术经济与经济学诸多前沿领域形成交叉融合,技术经济方法体系也在吸收各种定量及定性方法工具过程中得到完善。未来,系统论在技术经济研究中将成为重要甚至占主导地位的方法论,微观细化、宏观集成的趋势将逐步确立并强化。     

大力发展我国高职家政教育的研究

在目前的形势下,家政服务业受到了党和政府高度重视,社会对家政服务的需求越来越紧迫,大力发展家政高职教育是非常必要的,在我国与美国和日本的家政教育比较中,找出差距,按照一定的环节构建适合我国国情的高职家政专业课程体系成为培养我国高职家政人才的必由之路。     

与注册工程师执业能力要求相衔接的《工程经济学》课程实践

本文主要从《工程经济学》课程与注册工程师执业能力要求的关系入手,分析《工程经济学》课程的目的及改革思路,并且提出一些促进《工程经济学》改革的措施。     

浅析我国国际政治经济学价值取向的两种消极倾向

文章通过分析当前我国国际政治经济学"西化"、"美国化"和"去政治化"、"普世化"两种消极倾向,有选择地吸收西方相关思想理论和以我国根本利益为出发点的方法,明确我国国际政治经济学研究价值取向的结论。     

技术经济学的发展趋势探究

近几十年来,技术经济学为我国的经济建设实践作出了重要贡献。在详细回顾技术经济学发展历程的基础上,分析了目前技术经济学研究存在的主要问题,深入探讨了技术经济学的发展趋势,展望了技术经济学的发展前景。     

Social Ecological Economics: Understanding the Past to See the Future

The attempt to provide insight into the interactions between the economy and the environment has been an on‐going struggle for many decades. The rise of Ecological Economics can be seen as a positive step towards integrating social and natural science understanding by a movement that aims to go beyond the confines of mainstream economics towards a progressive political economy of the environment. However, this vision has not been shared by all those who have associated themselves with Ecological Economics and there has been conflict. An historical analysis is presented that shows the role of mainstream theory in delimiting the field of environmental research. The argument is put forward that rather than employing a purely mechanistic objective empirical methodology there is a need for an integrating interdisciplinarity heterodox economic approach. In order to distinguish this approach—from the more mainstream multidisciplinary linking of unreconstituted ecological and economic models—the name Social Ecological Economics is put forward as expressing the essential socio‐economic character of the needed work ahead.     

高职《西方经济学》教学改革的探讨

鉴于高职院校西方经济学教学过程中存在的问题,作者结合自身教学实践经验,从课程教学内容、教学方法、教学手段等方面探讨西方经济学课程教学改革的方法和措施,以进一步提升高职院校西方经济学课程的教学质量。     

On intermediate utility functions

Intermediate utility functions have been recently introduced by Persson and Tabellini (2000, Political Economics: Explaining Economics Policy, MIT Press, Cambridge) and ensure the existence of a majority voting equilibrium at multi-dimensional voting. Here, we show that monotone transforms of these utility functions also are sufficient for the existence of a Condorcet winner.     

Salvaging law and economics

Some of Law and Economics’ pivotal claims have come to be criticized as a result of empirical findings that question their viability. Particularly, the premise that agents consistently act rationally and with their self-interest in mind seems problematic. What the consequences of the criticism mean for Law and Economics’ tenability depends largely on the questions whether (1) some elements are unassailable to the alternative’s objections and (2) the alternative is a systematic whole. It is argued that Law and Economics may be salvaged, if it is minimized and its ambitions are tempered. This means focusing on the stable, a priori, elements inherent to it.     

How Economists Form Their Views: Reaction to Professor Pryor's Millennium Survey

This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21^st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33.     

Economists in the Next Millennium: One Voice or Many?

This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21^st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33.     

The End of Prophecy: A Comment on Pryor's Study

This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21^st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33.     

Futurology as Further Ideology: Reflections on Pryor's Millennium Survey of Economists

This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21^st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33.     

Comment on "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21st Century"

This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21^st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33.     

Response to Professor Pryor's Millennium Survey

This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21^st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33.