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Working Papers

2022

1. Does Friendship Stem from Altruism? Adam Smith and the Distinction between Love-based and Interest-based Preferences
   OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science

2021

2. Forthcoming in "Journal of the History of Economic Though" in 2024. Title: "Does Friendship Stem from Altruism? Adam Smith and the Distinction between Love-based and Interest-based Preferences"
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2020

3. A theory of instrumental and existential rational decisions: Smith, Weber, Mauss, Tönnies after Martin Buber
   Post-Print, HAL
   See also Journal Article A theory of instrumental and existential rational decisions: Smith, Weber, Mauss, Tönnies after Martin Buber, Theory and Decision, Springer (2021) (2021)
4. Other-Regarding Preferences: The Poverty of the Self/Other Dichotomy
   Post-Print, HAL

2018

5. A Theory of Tasteful and Distasteful Transactions
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article A Theory of Tasteful and Distasteful Transactions, Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2012

6. Are Instincts Hardened Routines? A Radical Proposal
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
7. Optimization, Path Dependence and the Law: Can Judges Promote Efficiency?
   IEL Working Papers, Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Optimization, path dependence and the law: Can judges promote efficiency?, International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (8) (2012)
8. Temptations: A General Theory of Over-eating, Under-saving, Favoritism, Certainty Effect, Spoiling of Children, Pornography-Viewing, and Regretting
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
9. The One who Gives Too Early, Gives Twice: Cooperation, Blood Feuds and Third-Party Institutions
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2008

10. The Bayesian Fallacy: Distinguishing Four Kinds of Beliefs
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2007

11. Charles Darwin meets Amoeba economicus: Why Natural Selection Cannot Explain Rationality
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
12. Emotions and International Conflicts: Sociological, Evolutionary and Rational Views
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
13. The Mirror-Neuron Paradox: How Far is Sympathy from Compassion, Indulgence, and Adulation?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2006

14. Entrepreneurship and Economic Theory
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
15. MORAL OUTRAGE
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
16. The Roadblock of Culturalist Economics: Economic Change á la Douglass North
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
17. WEAKNESS OF WILL
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2004

18. Integrity, Shame and Self-Rationalization
    Vassar College Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Vassar College Department of Economics View citations (1)

2001

19. Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism
    Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism, Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université (2001) View citations (18) (2001)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Solving the income-happiness paradox
   International Review of Economics, 2022, 69, (3), 433-463

2021

2. A theory of instrumental and existential rational decisions: Smith, Weber, Mauss, Tönnies after Martin Buber
   Theory and Decision, 2021, 90, (1), 147-169
   See also Working Paper A theory of instrumental and existential rational decisions: Smith, Weber, Mauss, Tönnies after Martin Buber, Post-Print (2020) (2020)
3. The aspirational income hypothesis: On the limits of the relative income hypothesis
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 182, (C), 229-247 View citations (3)

2020

4. The isomorphism hypothesis: The prisoner's dilemma as intertemporal allocation, and vice versa
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, (C), 735-746

2018

5. A Theory of Tasteful and Distasteful Transactions
   Kyklos, 2018, 71, (1), 110-131 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper A Theory of Tasteful and Distasteful Transactions, Post-Print (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
6. Moral licensing, instrumental apology and insincerity aversion: Taking Immanuel Kant to the lab
   PLOS ONE, 2018, 13, (11), 1-24 View citations (3)

2017

7. Explicit vs implicit proprietorship: Can endowment effect theory explain exchange asymmetry?
   Economics Letters, 2017, 154, (C), 117-119 View citations (2)
8. Exploitation and Efficiency
   The Review of Black Political Economy, 2017, 44, (3), 363-377
9. Socialized view of man vs. rational choice theory: What does smith’s sympathy have to say?
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 143, (C), 223-240 View citations (2)

2015

10. Temptations as Impulsivity: How far are Regret and the Allais Paradox from Shoplifting?
    Economic Modelling, 2015, 51, (C), 551-559 View citations (5)

2013

11. Lock-in institutions and efficiency
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 88, (C), 27-36 View citations (11)
12. Practical beliefs vs. scientific beliefs: two kinds of maximization
    Theory and Decision, 2013, 74, (1), 107-126

2012

13. Optimization, path dependence and the law: Can judges promote efficiency?
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2012, 32, (1), 72-82 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Optimization, Path Dependence and the Law: Can Judges Promote Efficiency?, IEL Working Papers (2012) View citations (8) (2012)
14. WHY EUROPE? A CRITIQUE OF INSTITUTIONALIST AND CULTURALIST ECONOMICS
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2012, 26, (2), 351-372 View citations (1)

2011

15. Emotions, natural selection, and rationality
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 77, (1), 1-3
16. How not to think about moral values
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 77, (2), 234-238
17. Rational, Normative and Procedural Theories of Beliefs: Can They Explain Internal Motivations?
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2011, 45, (3), 641-664 View citations (6)
18. The mirror neuron paradox: How far is understanding from mimicking?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 77, (1), 86-96 View citations (7)

2010

19. ADAM SMITH’S CONCEPT OF SELF‐COMMAND AS A SOLUTION TO DYNAMIC INCONSISTENCY AND THE COMMITMENT PROBLEM
    Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48, (1), 177-191 View citations (7)
20. The Bayesian fallacy: Distinguishing internal motivations and religious beliefs from other beliefs
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 75, (2), 268-280 View citations (6)

2009

21. Brand death: A developmental model of senescence
    Journal of Business Research, 2009, 62, (3), 332-338 View citations (9)
22. D.C. North, Understanding the Process of Economic Change, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (2005) pp. xi, 187, $29.95/£18.95, ISBN 0-691-11805-1
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2009, 38, (2), 399-400
23. Natural selection and rational decision: two concepts of optimization
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2009, 19, (3), 417-435 View citations (8)
24. Self-deceit and self-serving bias: Adam Smith on ‘General Rules’
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2009, 5, (2), 251-258 View citations (5)

2007

25. Ibn Khaldûn on Property Rights, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2007, 3, (2), 227-238

2005

26. An anatomy of authority: Adam Smith as political theorist
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2005, 29, (1), 57-71 View citations (9)
27. Bart Nooteboom, Trust. Forms, Foundations, Functions, Failures and Figures, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, and Northhampton, MA, USA, 2002, xii + 231 pages, with tables and figures, hardback $95, paperback $25, ISBN 1 86064 545 8.Elias Khalil (Ed.), Trust, series 'Critical Studies in Economic Institutions', Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, and Northhampton, MA, USA, 2003, xxxii + 772 pages, with tables and figures, hardback $300, ISBN 1 84064 737 X
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2005, 34, (3), 421-424

2004

28. A charitable view of altruism: Commentary on 'What is altruism?' by Elias Khalil
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 129-134 View citations (1)
29. A reply to Elias Khalil's "What is altruism?"
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 125-127 View citations (4)
30. Is a group better off with more altruists? Not necessarily
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 53, (1), 89-92
31. Questions of definition scope in economic theories of altruism: A commentary on 'What is altruism?' by Elias Khalil
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 135-139 View citations (2)
32. The Gift Paradox: Complex Selves and Symbolic Good
    Review of Social Economy, 2004, 62, (3), 379-392 View citations (3)
33. The Three Laws of Thermodynamics and the Theory of Production
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2004, 38, (1), 201-226 View citations (9)
34. What is altruism?
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 97-123 View citations (40)
35. What is altruism? A reply to critics
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 141-143 View citations (20)

2002

36. Behavioral Economics and Neoclassical Economics
    Economics Bulletin, 2002, 28, (20), A0
37. Information, Knowledge and the Close of Friedrich Hayek's System: A Comment
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2002, 28, (3), 319-341 View citations (2)
38. Is Adam Smith Liberal?
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2002, 158, (4), 664- View citations (7)

2001

39. A transactional view of entrepreneurship: a Deweyan approach
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, 10, (2), 161-179 View citations (1)
40. Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism
    Recherches économiques de Louvain, 2001, 67, (4), 421-435 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism, Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) (2001) View citations (18) (2001)
41. John Dewey and Socio-Economic Theory
    Economics Bulletin, 2001, 28, (51), A0
42. The context problematic, behavioral economics and the transactional view: an introduction to 'John Dewey and economic theory'
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, 10, (2), 107-130 View citations (4)

2000

43. Making Sense of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand: Beyond Pareto Optimality and Unintended Consequences
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2000, 22, (1), 49-63 View citations (2)
44. Survival of the Most Foolish of Fools: The Limits of Evolutionary Selection Theory
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2000, 2, (3), 203-220 View citations (4)
45. orignal paper: Beyond natural selection and divine intervention: The Lamarckian implication of Adam Smith's invisible hand
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2000, 10, (4), 373-393 View citations (4)

1999

46. Institutions, Naturalism and Evolution
    Review of Political Economy, 1999, 11, (1), 61-81
47. Sentimental fools: a critique of Amartya Sen's notion of commitment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 40, (4), 373-386 View citations (10)
48. Two kinds of order: Thoughts on the theory of the firm
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 1999, 28, (2), 157-173 View citations (1)

1998

49. Accounting for tastes: By Gary Becker. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, pp. 258 (hardcover)
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 1998, 27, (2), 293-298
50. Buridan's Ass, Rationality and Entrepreneurship: A Reply to Hargreaves Heap
    Kyklos, 1998, 51, (2), 285-288
51. Is Justice the Primary Feature of the State? Adam Smith's Critique of Social Contract Theory
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 1998, 6, (3), 215-230 View citations (4)
52. The Janus Hypothesis
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1998, 21, (2), 315-342 View citations (3)
53. The five careers of the biological metaphor in economic theory
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 1998, 27, (1), 29-52 View citations (6)

1997

54. Book Review
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1997, 153, (2), 425-427
55. Buridan's Ass, Risk, Uncertainty, and Self‐Competition: A Theory of Entrepreneurship
    Kyklos, 1997, 50, (2), 147-163 View citations (6)
56. Chaos Theory Versus Heisenberg's Uncertainty: Risk, Uncertainty and Economic Theory
    The American Economist, 1997, 41, (2), 27-40 View citations (4)
57. Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Economics
    Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 1997, 8, (4), 221-244 View citations (1)
58. Friedrich Hayek's Theory of Spontaneous Order: Two Problems
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1997, 8, (4), 301-317 View citations (5)
59. Is the Firm an Individual?
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1997, 21, (4), 519-44 View citations (9)
60. Symbolic inputs: positional, reference and publicity goods
    Finnish Economic Papers, 1997, 10, (1), 20-34
61. The Red Queen Paradox: A Proper Name for a Popular Game - Note
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1997, 153, (2), 411-415 View citations (12)

1996

62. Book Reviews
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1996, 3, (2), 334-342
63. Evolution and efficiency: An inquiry into the foundations of 'new institutional economics': Jack J. Vromen, (Routledge, London, 1995) pp. 240, [UK pound]14.99
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1996, 30, (1), 138-141
64. Friedrich Hayek's Darwinian Theory of Evolution of Institutions: Two Problems
    Australian Economic Papers, 1996, 35, (66), 183-201 View citations (11)
65. Kenneth Boulding: Ecodynamicist or Evolutionary Economist?
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1996, 19, (1), 83-100
66. Non-linear Dynamics versus Development Processes: Two Kinds of Change
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1996, 64, (3), 309-22 View citations (3)
67. Respect, admiration, aggrandizement: Adam Smith as economic psychologist
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1996, 17, (5), 555-577 View citations (14)
68. What is Economic Action? From Marshall and Robbins to Polanyi and Becker
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1996, 18, (1), 13-36 View citations (7)

1995

69. A Reply to Lianos's Critique
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1995, 17, (2), 313-315
70. Has Economics Progressed? Rectilinear, Historicist, Universalist, and Evolutionary Historiographies
    History of Political Economy, 1995, 27, (1), 43-87 View citations (9)
71. On the scope of economics: what is the question?
    Finnish Economic Papers, 1995, 8, (1), 40-55 View citations (3)
72. The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development: Oliver E. Williamson and Sidney G. Winter (eds.) New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, 1993 (paperback). 244 pp. ISBN # 0-19-506590-5, $14.95
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1995, 27, (3), 500-505
73. The socioculturalist agenda in economics: Critical remarks of Thorstein Veblen's legacy
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 1995, 24, (4), 545-569 View citations (4)

1994

74. Kenneth E. Boulding, 1910-1993
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1994, 1, (1), 161-166
75. Recycling of matter: Further
    Ecological Economics, 1994, 9, (3), 193-194 View citations (1)
76. The Implication for Socialism of Marx's Theory of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1994, 16, (2), 292-309 View citations (1)

1993

77. Economic behavior and institutions: by Thrainn Eggertsson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, xv + 385 pp. (cloth)
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 1993, 2, (4), 429-432

1992

78. Are “good samaritan” laws desirable? A note
    Forum for Social Economics, 1992, 22, (1), 71-73
79. Paul R. Lawrence and Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos (editors, U.S. edition). Behind the factory walls: decision making in Soviet and U.S. Enterprises: (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1990), pp. xii + 352, $29.95 hardback
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (2), 296-299

1991

80. Entropy law and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's paradigm: A reply
    Ecological Economics, 1991, 3, (2), 161-163 View citations (4)

1990

81. Beyond Self-Interest and Altruism: A Reconstruction of Adam Smith's Theory of Human Conduct
    Economics and Philosophy, 1990, 6, (2), 255-273 View citations (21)
82. Book Review: Needs, Rights, and the Market
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 1990, 22, (2-3), 291-293
83. Entropy law and exhaustion of natural resources Is Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's paradigm defensible?
    Ecological Economics, 1990, 2, (2), 163-178 View citations (9)

1989

84. Adam Smith and Albert Einstein: The Aesthetic Principle of Truth*
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1989, 11, (2), 222-237 View citations (1)
85. Inside the Firm: the Inefficiencies of Hierarchy
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1989, 23, (1), 297-300
86. Principles, rules and ideology
    Forum for Social Economics, 1989, 19, (1), 41-54 View citations (1)
    Also in Forum for Social Economics, 1989, 18, (1), 41-54 (1989) View citations (1)

Edited books

2009

1. The New Behavioral Economics, vol Three volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (3)

2003

2. Trust
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (21)

Chapters

2017

1. Weakness of will and stiffness of will: how far are shirking, slackening, favoritism, spoiling of children, and pornography from obsessivecompulsive behavior?
   Chapter 28 in Handbook of Behavioural Economics and Smart Decision-Making, 2017, pp 492-514 View citations (2)

2013

2. Egotism: making sense of social preferences
   Chapter 12 in Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise, 2013, pp 121-133

1993

3. Neo-classical Economics and Neo-Darwinism: Clearing the Way for Historical Thinking
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (4)