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Subject(s)

• Economics—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Consumers [Browse]

Related name

• Webley, Paul [Browse]

Series

International series in social psychology [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-199) and index.

Contents

• 1. An Introduction to Economic Psychology. What is Economic Behaviour. Approaches to Economic Behaviour. How Can We Study the Economic Psychology of Everyday Life? Psychology, Economics and the Economic Psychology of Everyday Life
• 2. The Early Years
• The Economic Problems of Childhood. Economic Socialisation. Children and Commerce
• An Uneasy Relationship. The 'Wherewithal'. The Broader Picture
• 3. Becoming an Economic Adult. Four Paths to Economic Independence. A First Job. A First Income. First Purchases
• 4. Economic Behaviour in the Family. The Family as a Dynamic System. The Central Importance of Gender. Future Research Problems. New Problems in the Future
• 5. Economic Behaviour in Maturity. Expectations. Individual Differences and Economic Behaviour. Buying: The Mature Consumer. Work and Unemployment
• 6. The Golden Years? Economic Behaviour in Retirement. Introduction: The Economic Nature of Old Age. The Retirement Event. The State of Retirement. Economic Activity After Retirement. Frailty. Reconstructing the Past. Economic Life After Death
• 7. Afterword. Some Conclusions. The New Millennium and the Postmodern Consumer. The Future of Economic Psychology.

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ISBN

• 0415188601
• 9780415188609
• 041518861X ((pbk.))
• 9780415188616 ((pbk.))

LCCN

00040285

OCLC

44089127

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