"Conflict as a "Normal Economic Activity
The Contribution of Jack Hirshleifer, 1925-2005
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4840018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Tomás Rangil, Teresa Rangil (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 625-648 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-1430265 |
| OpenAlex | W1984842730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 51 |
The writings of the American economist Jack Hirshleifer (1925-2005) are considered some of the most influential contributions to the economics of conflict. This article examines how Hirshleifer transformed the behavioral assumptions of Homo economicus (the self-interest model and the concept of rationality) to offer economically grounded explanations for conflicts. We explain how, through his interactions with sociobiologists and game theorists, he reduced self-interest to mere selfishness and redefined rationality to encompass emotions and feelings. The final result was a disciplinary reclassification of conflict as a subvariety of selfish, rational behavior amenable to economic analysis
Economics · Externality · Feeling · Homo economicus · Microeconomics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Rationality · Selfishness · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Theory and Institutions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |