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Ökonomischer Ansatz und die Theorie des Self-Command bei Thomas Schelling

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  • Beckmann, Markus
  • Pies, Ingo

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Thomas Schelling hat wegweisende Beiträge für die moderne Ökonomik geleistet. Ähnlich wie Gary Becker wendet er den ökonomischen Ansatz konsequent auf Fragestellungen an, die zuvor gar nicht als ökonomische Probleme betrachtet wurden. In seiner Theorie des Self-Command modelliert Schelling dieses Phänomen als intrapersonales Spiel konfligierender 'Selbste' mit je eigenen Präferenzordnungen - und steigt damit aus dem ökonomischen Ansatz im engeren Sinne aus. Durch die Zuschreibung auf geänderte Präferenzen handelt sich Schelling methodische Schwächen ein, die eine konsequente(re) Anwendung des ökonomischen Ansatzes vermeiden könnte. Die alternative Strategie, Verhaltensänderungen im Beckerschen Sinn strikt auf geänderte Restriktionen zuzuschreiben, leitet zudem dazu an, durch das Stellen anderer Fragen systematisches Lernen gezielt(er) zu befördern. Dennoch trägt auch Schellings Werk zur Weiterentwicklung des ökonomischen Ansatzes bei. Seine strategische Ökonomik rückt gerade jene Strategien in den Mittelpunkt, die darauf abzielen, sich selbst und andere mit (vorteilhaften) Anreizen zu versorgen.

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  • Beckmann, Markus & Pies, Ingo, 2007. "Ökonomischer Ansatz und die Theorie des Self-Command bei Thomas Schelling," Discussion Papers 2007-3, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.
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