The Theory of the Individual in Economics: Identity and Value

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Economic Man as Model Man: Ideal Types, Idealization and Caricatures (2006, background): “A broader commentary on the individual in economics is given in Davis, 2003.”
Individuals and Identity in Economics (2013, background): “His book, Individuals and Identity in Economics, is at an enlightening stage in this research program (see also Davis 2003).”
Scientific Progress in Strategic Management: The Case of the Resource-Based View (2007, unknown): “This problem is sometimes referred to as “Cournot’s Problem” (e.g., Davis 2003).”
Formation and persistence of oppositional identities (2011, background): “Neighborhood models a la Bénabou (1993) and Durlauf 6 Davis (1995, 2003, 2004) and Sen (1984, 1993, 1999) were among the first along with Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2010) to introduce identity in economics.”
Meanings of methodological individualism (2007, background): “Consequently, the idea of a genuinely isolated individual, free of all social relations, is untenable (Davis 2003).”
Evolutionary and Institutional Economics as the New Mainstream? (2007, background): “While many economists have abandoned the standard assumptions of rationality, and some have embraced endogenous preferences, atomistic individuals still occupy the centre stage of mainstream theory (Davis, 2003).”