Toward an Economic Theory of Dysfunctional Identity
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- Hanming Fang & Glenn C. Loury, 2004. "Toward An Economic Theory of Dysfunctional Identity," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1483, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
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Keywords
Identity: dysfunctional collective identity;JEL classification:
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2006-05-06 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2006-05-06 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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