Psicología y asuntos económicos: una aproximación al estado del arte

Although economic psychology has a short history it has showed an important growth in the last decades due to its importance to understand human behavior. This article addresses the state of the art in economic psychology and its tight connections with social psychology and economic science are highlighted. The paper is divided in three sections: 1. Historical Context: origins of economic psychology, dating back to the late XIX century, and the role of pioneers such as Gabriel Tarde, Wilhelm Wundt, George Katona and Paul Albou. Additionally, this section includes a review of contributions by more recent researchers such as Fred van Raaij, Stephen E. G. Lea y Paul Webley 2. Theoretical context: the key assumptions of economic psychology are presented in this section along with some of the most influential contemporary models and the supporting empirical evidence. A clear example of the impact of this discipline is the fact that two psychologists (Herbert A. Simon and Daniel Kahneman) received the Economy Nobel Prize (1978 and 2002). 3. Metholodogical aspects: the most common used research methods and techniques in this field are reviewed. On this regard, while techniques such as open surveys and field observations are the most prominent experimental methodology in controlled environments is also used. Thanks to this methodological diversity economic psychology has succeeded to address complex themes such as money saving, unemployment, voluntary work, income tax evasion, consumer behavior and development of economic concepts in children (e.g. money).

• Autores: Alejo Riveros, Argemiro; Rojas Arias, Patricia; Pérez-Acosta, Andrés Manuel
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad de San Buenaventura
• Repositorio: Repositorio USB
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6324
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6324
• Palabra clave: Economía conductual; Conducta del consumidor; Historia de la psicología; Teorías; Metodos de investigación; Teoría de la Psicología; Teoría de la Economía; Comportamiento del Consumidor; Historia de la Psicología; Metodología de la Investigación
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia