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From Identity to Agency in Positive and Normative Economics

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  • Florence Gallois
  • Cyril Hédoin

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This paper argues about the importance to reflect over what constitutes the identity of the economic agent, both from the perspective of positive and normative economics. Regarding the former, we suggest that several aspects of social and personal identity are essential to explain market coordination on the basis of the existence of communities. Regarding the latter, we claim that the evaluation of social states through the aggregation of individual utilities depends on a commitment over an account of who the economic agent is.

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  • Florence Gallois & Cyril Hédoin, 2021. "From Identity to Agency in Positive and Normative Economics," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(1), pages 10-26, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fosoec:v:50:y:2021:i:1:p:10-26
    DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2017.1394897
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