Download This PaperRationalizing Choice: A Review Essay on Peter Leeson’s WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird
19 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2018
Date Written: August 12, 2018
Abstract
This review article examines Peter Leeson’s book "WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird" and the economic approach to human behavior in the context of prior work on common property governance, Coasean bargaining, commitment and reputation in games, and the evolution of preferences and norms.
Keywords: Rationality, Self-Interest, Bargaining, Commitment, Reputation, Commons, Evolution, Norms
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Sethi, Rajiv, Rationalizing Choice: A Review Essay on Peter Leeson’s WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird (August 12, 2018). Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3268053
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