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Nicolai J. Foss Recommends “Economics and Identity” by George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton

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Social identity has entered the discourse of social scientists, pundits, and politicians to an extent that no one could have anticipated only about a decade ago. Thus, recent electoral events have strongly pointed to the importance of identity.

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  • Akerlof, G. A., & Kranton, R. E. (2000). Economics and identity. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(3), 715–753.

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Foss, N.J. (2019). Nicolai J. Foss Recommends “Economics and Identity” by George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton. In: Frey, B., Schaltegger, C. (eds) 21st Century Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17740-9_17

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