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Based on papers presented at an international conference held in the fall of 1985 at the Bread Loaf campus of Middlebury College. Focus here is on the work of a small group of physiological psychologists who try to explain behavior by people's (and animals') desire for the pleasurable arousal or activation of their central nervous system. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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The papers collected here represent the growing range of issues addressed by both economists and psychologists. The collection's main objectives are twofold: to broaden the behavioral basis of economic analysis at a social level and to expand the limits of economic theory's applicability. The contributors attempt to find a common ground of analysis that bridges disciplines and to establish a framework that integrates psychology's contributions with economics. They explore mathematical models of psychological functions, the use of psychoanalytic theory in economics, entrepreneurial behaviour, and the impact of personality types on organizations.
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