Bread and bullets

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• 作者：George A. Akerlof^a ; ^{gaa53@georgetown.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Dennis J. Snower^b ; ¹ ; ^{dennis.snower@ifw-kiel.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：A12 ; A13 ; A14 ; D03 ; D04 ; D20 ; D23 ; D30 ; D62 ; D71 ; D72 ; D74 ; E02 ; E03
• 刊名：Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：126
• 期：part_PB
• 页码：58-71
• 全文大小：586 K

文摘

Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities; defining power relations; and establishing and conveying social norms. This paper describes the role narratives play in decision making, as it also juxtaposes this description against the backdrop of the Bolshevik-spawned narrative that played a critical role in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century.