Economics and Social Interaction

List of illustrations		page ix
Notes on contributors		x
Preface		xiv

1	Why interpersonal relations matter for economics BENEDETTO GUI AND ROBERT SUGDEN	1

2	From transactions to encounters: the joint generation of relational goods and conventional values BENEDETTO GUI	23

3	Fellow-feeling ROBERT SUGDEN	52

4	Interpersonal interaction and economic theory: the case of public goods NICHOLAS BARDSLEY	76

5	Under trusting eyes: the responsive nature of trust VITTORIO PELLIGRA	105

6	Interpersonal relations and job satisfaction: some empirical results in social and community care services CARLO BORZAGA AND SARA DEPEDRI	125

7	On the possible conflict between economic growth and social development ANGELO ANTOCI, PIER LUIGI SACCO AND PAOLO VANIN	150

8	The logic of good social relations SERGE-CHRISTOPHE KOLM	174

9	The mutual validation of ends SHAUN HARGREAVES HEAP	190

10	Hic sunt leones: interpersonal relations as unexplored territory in the tradition of economics LUIGINO BRUNI	206

11	Authority and power in economic and sociological approaches to interpersonal relations: from interactions to embeddedness BERNARD GAZIER AND ISABELLE THIS SAINT-JEAN	229

12	Interpersonal relations and economics: comments from a feminist perspective JULIE A. NELSON	250

13	Economics and interpersonal relations: ruling the social back in LOUIS PUTTERMAN	262

Envoi		270
References		271
Index		295

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