Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company,1991. Paperback. viii,285 pp. Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks 146). Proceedings of the international colloquium, Amsterdam, 6-8 November 1990. - With a contribution and bibliography of A. Etzoni. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780444857330. Keywords : , economics.

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Title: The Consumption of Time and the Timing of Consumption : toward a New Behavioral and Socio-Economics
Publisher: Royal Netherlands Academy of
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0444857338
ISBN 13: 9780444857330
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: as new

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Paperback. The papers in this book deal with the consumption of time, i.e. the time consuming aspects of activities and their evaluation, and with the timing of consumption, i.e. the advancement or postponement of consumption and saving activities. These two aspects of time are considered in an interdisciplinary setting by economists, psychologists and sociologists. Since this unique combination of disciplines is seldom observed, the first part of the book deals especially with the socioeconomic perspective as a research program, including the main paper by Amitai Etzioni. Two general discussion papers also deal with the relationship between the disciplines. Interesting features of this volume are:

1. Interdisciplinary work on the consumption of time, including discussion.

2. Interdisciplinary work on the timing of consumption, including discussion.

3. Discussions of the interdisciplinary approach in this area.

4. An extensive curriculum vitae of

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