在这部开拓性的著作中，经济学家和其他学科的学者们采用了标准的经济分析工具研究了规范偏好的形成与进化。本书各章探讨了经济安排，或日制度和偏好的双向互动：包括社会地位、他人的福祉与伦理规范等。各章的作者包括了博弈论、经济史、制度经济学、实验经济学、政治经济学、社会学和心理学等广泛领域的坝尖学者。

Avner Ben—Ner是明昆苏达大学（Universityof Minnesota）卡尔森商学院（Carlson School ofManagement）劳资关系中心的教授。他是几个杂志的编委会成员，并且是《比较经济学》（Comparative Economics，1994）一书的合作者以及《混合经济中的非营利部门》（The Nonprofit SectorintheMixedEconomy，1993）一书的主编之。他曾在一系列文集及前沿学术杂志中发表过文章，如《比较经济学杂志》（Journal of Comparative Economics），《美国经济评论》（AmericanEconomic Review）和《耶鲁法律杂志》（Yale Law Journal）等。

Foreword
AmartyaSen
Preface
List of contributors
Introduction
1 Values and institutions in economic analysis
Part Ⅰ The formation and evolution of soci~uorlmg and values
　2 Normative ext'ectations：the simultaneous evolution 0f insfitutious and uornls
　3 A utilitarian theory of political legitimacy
　4 Why do we care what others think about us?
　5 Starting with nothing：on the impossibility of grounding norins solely in selLinterest
Part Ⅱ The generation andWonofvalues in families and communities
　6 Did Father know best?Families，markets．and the supply of earing labor
　7 How communities govern: the structural basis of prosocial norms
　8 Moral overload and its alleviation
　9 Moral diversity and specialized values: some observations
Part Ⅲ soclar norms and
　10 Social norms as positional arms control agreements
　11 Bribes and gifts
　12 How do we know whether a monetary transaction is a gift, an entitlement, or compensation?
Part Ⅳ The organization of work, trust, and incentives
　13 How effective are trust- and reciprocity-based incentives?
　14 Worker trust, system vulnerability, and the performance of work groups
　15 Trust: beliefs and morafity
　16 Institutional commitment: values or incentives?
Part Ⅴ Markets, values, and welfare
　17 Institutions and morale: the crowding-out effect
　18 The joyless market economy
Epilogue
　19 Where have we been and where are we going?
Index

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