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Contrary to what a layman might think, economics is not the only scientific discipline concerned with “understanding economic behaviour” — other disciplines like psychology, business administration, sociology, or anthropology are likewise concerned with this type of human behaviour. While the object of inquiry is, at least at a sufficiently abstract level, the same, the disciplines differ in the research paradigm that they use in studying it, and hence each can make its unique contribution.
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Grunert, K.G., Ölander, F. (1989). Introduction to the Volume. In: Grunert, K.G., Ölander, F. (eds) Understanding Economic Behaviour. Theory and Decision Library, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2470-3_1
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