dc.contributor.author | Gavin, Michael | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-16T11:03:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-13T10:21:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | de |
dc.identifier.issn | 0172-6404 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/56452 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper uses agent-based modeling to investigate the philosophy of Adam Smith. During his lifetime, Smith published two books. In An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), he argued that market behavior was dictated primarily by self-interest. However, his earlier book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), placed sympathy and benevolence at the center of human social psychology. Reconciling these apparently contradictory views is known as the Adam Smith Problem. This study uses an agent-based model to combine Smith’s theories, exploring how social norms affect economic behavior, and vice versa. Although they share many basic assumptions, Smith’s works leave important questions unanswered: Theory of Moral Sentiments offers a strong model of how social norms consolidate but lacks a coherent explanation for how norms change over time, and, on the other side, Wealth of Nations does not account for the influence of social norms on commercial transactions nor for the durability of seemingly irrational norms in a context of market competition. Considering both theories together in a single model sheds light on their underlying tensions and exposes instabilities that Smith did not anticipate. | en |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Sociology & anthropology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Social sciences, sociology, anthropology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Psychology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Psychologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Soziologie, Anthropologie | de |
dc.subject.other | Adam Smith; agent-based simulation; agent-based computational economics; digital humanities; intellectual history; Theory of Moral Sentiments; Wealth of Nations | de |
dc.title | An Agent-Based Computational Approach to "The Adam Smith Problem" | de |
dc.title.alternative | Das Adam Smith Problem: ein agentenbasierter Integrationsvorschlag | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet (peer reviewed) | de |
dc.description.review | peer reviewed | en |
dc.source.journal | Historical Social Research | |
dc.source.volume | 43 | de |
dc.publisher.country | DEU | |
dc.source.issue | 1 | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Social Psychology | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Sozialpsychologie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | theory comparison | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | simulation | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | soziale Norm | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | business ethics | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | social psychology | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | model | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | computer | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Sozialpsychologie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | model construction | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Simulation | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Verhaltensmodell | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Modell | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | behavior model | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Wirtschaftsethik | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | social norm | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Smith, A. | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Theorievergleich | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Smith, A. | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Computer | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | economic behavior | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | ökonomisches Verhalten | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Modellentwicklung | de |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56452-2 | |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 | en |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 | de |
ssoar.contributor.institution | GESIS | de |
internal.status | noch nicht fertig erschlossen | de |
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dc.type.stock | article | de |
dc.type.document | journal article | en |
dc.type.document | Zeitschriftenartikel | de |
dc.source.pageinfo | 308-336 | de |
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dc.source.issuetopic | Agent-Based Modeling in Social Science, History, and Philosophy | de |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.1.308-336 | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
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