ECONOMICS, VALUES, AND ORGANIZATION

A new and unique collection of essays on the relationship between economic institutions and values, this book's original premise is that the way an economy and society are organized is determined in part by the preferences we call "values." This book challenges economists and scholars in related fields to explore the two-way interaction between economic arrangements and values. Contributors include leading scholars from such diverse fields as game theory and economic history, as well as political philosophy, sociology and psychology. Designed for a wide readership, the book has no existing counterparts.

Avner Ben-Ner is Professor at the Industrial Relations Center, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Professor Ben-Ner's research focuses on the determinants and consequences of the organization of different types of firms, the antecedents of individual preferences and behavior, and the structure of economic systems. He serves on the editorial board of several journals, is the coauthor of Comparative Economics (1994), coeditor of The Nonprofit Sector in the Mixed Economy (1993), and author of articles in a number of anthologies and journals including the Journal of Comparative Economics, the American Economic Review, Industrial Relations, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and the Yale Law Journal.

Louis Putterman is Professor of Economics at Brown University. His research explores a number of topics, including incentives, property rights, and the organization of production, the theory of the firm, comparative economic systems, and the economics of development. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and a Sloan Research Fellow, and has served on a variety of editorial boards, review panels, and professional associations. Professor Putterman is the author of over seventy scholarly articles and author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of seven books, including Division of Labor and Welfare: An Introduction to Economic Systems (1990), and The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader (1996, with Randall S. Kroszner).