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1、Thisbookdetailstheresultsoftheauthors'researchusinglaboratoryanimalstoinvestigateindividualchoicetheoryineconomics,partic-ularlyconsumer-demandandlabor-supplybehaviorandchoiceunderuncertainty.Theuseoflaboratoryanimalsprovidestheopportunitytoconductcontrolledexperimentsinvolvin
2、gpreciseanddemandingtestsofeconomictheorywithrewardsandpunishmentsofrealcon-sequence.Economicmodelsarecomparedwithpsychologicalandbi-ologicalchoicemodelsalongwiththeresultsofexperimentstestingbetweenthesecompetingexplanations.Resultsofanimalexperimentsareusedtoaddressquestions
3、ofsocialpolicyimportance.Anumberofnewexperimentalresultsarereportedalongwithsummariesoftheauthors'previouslypublishedstudiesandrelatedresearch.ECONOMICCHOICETHEORYEconomicchoicetheoryAnexperimentalanalysisofanimalbehaviorJOHNH.KAGELUniversityofPittsburghRAYMONDC.BATTALIOTexasA
4、&MUniversityLEONARDGREENWashingtonUniversityCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSPublishedbythePressSyndicateoftheUniversityofCambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB21RP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,Melbourne,3166,Australia©CambridgeUnivers
5、ityPress1995Firstpublished1995LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataKagel,JohnH.(JohnHenry),1942-Economicchoicetheory:anexperimentalmodelofanimalbehavior/JohnH.Kagel,RaymondC.Battalio,LeonardGreen.p.cm.ISBN0-521-45488-31.Consumption(Economics).2.Consumerbehavior.3.Huma
6、nbehavior-Animalmodels.I.Battalio,RaymondCharles.II.Green,Leonard.III.Title.HB801.K281994339.4'7—dc2094-4CIPAcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.ISBN0-521-45488-3hardbackTransferredtodigitalprinting2004CONTENTSPrefacepagexiChapter1Introduction11.1Onusingan
7、imalexperimentstounderstandhumanbehavior31.2Summaryofchaptercontents5Chapter2Commodity-choicebehaviorI:Someinitialtestsofthetheory82.1Commodity-choicetheory:Somebasicconcepts92.laConsumerpreferences:Indifferencecurvesandsubstitutability92.1bThebudgetconstraintandoptimalchoice1
8、12.1cIncome-compensatedpricechanges112.IdIncomeeffects142.leI