Identity and the Economics of Organizations

By George A. Akerlof, Rachel Kranton. 2005

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Subfields: Demography, Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research

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The Conflicting Choices of Alternating Selves (2010, background): “When a situation renders an applicable identity salient, people are thought to ‘‘self-stereotype,” adopting the traits and values of the momentarily salient identity (Biernat, Vescio, & Green, 1996; Turner, 1985, 1987; see also Akerlof & Kranton, 2000, 2002, 2005).”
Identity and entrepreneurship: do school peers shape entrepreneurial intentions? (2010, background): “Following Akerlof and Kranton’s concept of identity, this paper chooses entrepreneurship as its setting and argues that identity plays an important role in explaining an individual’s intention to become an entrepreneur, with consequent effects on his or her economic future. To analyze where an entre”
What Do Laboratory Experiments Tell Us About the Real World (2006, background): “More generally, we have in mind that decisions which an individual views as immoral, anti-social, or at odds with his or her own identity (Akerlof and Kranton 2000; 2005) may impose important costs on the decision maker.”
The influence of social relationships on pro-environment behaviors (2012, background): “Social scientists have explored the links between social relationships and behavior and there is now substantial and growing evidence that social ties influence beliefs, values, preferences, and choices (Alesina and Giuliano [2], Kurz, Linden, and Sheehy [22], McCallum, Hughey, and Rixecker [26], Ak”
Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations to innovate: tracing the motivation of ‘grassroot’ innovators in India (2011, background): “Akerlof and Kranton (2005) point out that extrinsic incentive are insufficient to motivate people whose efforts cannot be observed, and hence, rewarded.”
Conscience Accounting: Emotional Dynamics and Social Behavior (2012, neutral): “Thus, in round t, she experiences utility in the following form: ut = Etu(π, dt), (2)”
Adoption Versus Adaptation, with Emphasis on Climate Change (2012, background): “In addition to learning, social norms and community values are important factors that may affect individual behavior (Akerlof & Kranton 2005).”
Empowering parents to improve education: evidence from rural Mexico (2006, background): “social exclusion ( Akerlof and Kranton 2000, 2005 ).”
Economic Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (2012, background): “by prot maximization (1), altruism (2) or threats by an activist (3).”
Field experiments in labor economics (2010, methodology): “Following List et al. (2010), we provide a framework to think through these issues.”
The perfect finance minister: Whom to appoint as finance minister to balance the budget? (2014, neutral): “The educational and the occupational background may affect the identity of the finance minister (in the sense of Akerlof and Kranton, 2005) and her attitude towards fiscal policy.”