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NEUROECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMIC SCIENCES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Kevin A. McCabe
Kevin A. McCabe*
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George Mason University
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Abstract

Neuroeconomics is the newest of the economic sciences with a focus on how the embodied human brain interacts with its institutional and social environment to make economic decisions. This paper presents an overview of neuroeconomics methods and reviews a number of results in this emerging field of study.

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Neuroeconomics , November 2008 , pp. 345 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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