TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akerlof, George A.
TI  - An economic theorists' book of tales: essays that entertain the consequences of new assumptions in the economic theory
SN  - 9780521269339
U1  - 330.1 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Economic Theory
KW  - Economics--Methodology
KW  - Economics
N1  - 1. Introduction
2. The market for 'lemons': quality uncertainty and the market mechanism
3. The economics of caste and of the rat race and other woeful tales
4. The economics of 'tagging' as applied to the optimal income tax, welfare programs, and manpower planning
5. A theory of social custom, of which unemployment may be one consequence
6. Jobs as dam sites
7. The economic consequences of cognitive dissonance with William T. Dickens
8. Labor contracts as partial gift exchange
9. Loyalty filters
ER  -