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Social Identity Strategies in Recent Economics
- Source :
- Journal of Economic Methodology, 13(3), 371-390. Routledge
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This paper reviews three distinct strategies in recent economics for using the concept of social identity in the explanation of individual behavior: Akerlof and Kranton's neoclassical approach, Sen's commitment approach and Kirman et al.'s complexity approach. The primary focus is the multiple selves problem and the difficulties associated with failing to explain social identity and personal identity together. The argument of the paper is that too narrow a scope for reflexivity in individual decision-making renders the problem intractable, but that enlarging this scope makes it possible to explain personal and social identity together in connection with an individual behavior termed comparative value-objective evaluation. The paper concludes with recommendations for treating the individual objective function as a production function. 1 JEL classification: D01, D63, Z13 Keywords: social identity; personal identity; reflexivity; individual objective function
- Subjects :
- jel:Z13
Cultural identity
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Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
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Social identity approach
Epistemology
Social group
Argument
Reflexivity
Personal identity
identity
personal identity
reflexivity
individual objective function
Sociology
Social identity theory
Identity formation
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- ISSN :
- 1350178X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Methodology, 13(3), 371-390. Routledge
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a247d69a229d83b241fbbc454c83d842