The psychological underpinnings of economics: Economic psychology according to Gabriel Tarde

Economic psychology had its original focus on the rationality assumptions underlying economic theory. A much broader view of the psychological underpinnings of economics was presented in the voluminous La psychologie économique by Tarde (1902a). This work was neglected or rejected by economists. Basing his innovative thinking on his experience as a judge and avid reading of scientific and philosophic literature, Tarde developed a theory of society which he also applied to political economy. In his view, economic psychology should provide a foundation for all areas of political economy. He dealt with implications for such diverse economic issues as capital, money, labor (organization), invention and human imagination, diffusion of innovation, pricing, advertising and selling. Long before Schumpeter he emphasized the role of inventors and entrepreneurs for social and economic progress.Economic beliefs Invention Imitation Diffusion of innovation Entrepreneurship Money Prices

Decision frame and opportunity as determinants of tax cheating. An international experimental study

The experimental studies described in this article were designed to examine the effects of decision frame and opportunity on tax evasion behavior in the context of a business management task that required subjects to file simulated tax returns. The data analyzed were derived from 674 subjects representing samples drawn for ten separate experiments conducted in six different countries. © 1990.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Planning for Self-Employment at the Beginning of a Market Economy : Evidence from Individual Data of East German Workers

SIGLEAvailable from Bibliothek des Instituts fuer Weltwirtschaft, ZBW, Duesternbrook Weg 120, D-24105 Kiel W 636 (92.01) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman