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Identity Economics

  • George A Akerlof and Rachel Kranton
From the journal The Economists' Voice

Why have the relative rates of women smoking grown so much in the last 100 years? How can the U.S. military do so well with a relatively flat pay scale? Standard economics hasn't a clue, but according to Berkeley economist George Akerlof and Duke economist Rachel Kranton, the answers lie in a new field called identity economics.

Published Online: 2010-6-11

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