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Behavioural Economics Constitutes The Important New Development In Economic Theory Of The Past Few Years And Its Pioneer Was Harvey Leibenstein. This Text Looks At His Influence On This Burgeoning Field, As Well As Examining A Wide Range Of Related Topics. 1. Introduction: Leibenstein As A Behavioral Pioneer (roger Frantz) -- 2. The Neuroeconomics Of Trust (paul Zak) -- 3. Leibenstein's Selective Rationality And Dual Motives As Expressions Of Brain Physiology (robert Cory) -- 4. The Evolutionary Foundations Of Behavioral Economics. Harvey Leibenstein' S Legacy (kurt Dopfer) -- 5. Efficacy Vs X-efficiency (jason Potts) 6. Consumer X-inefficiency And The Problem Of Market Regulation (peter Earl) -- 7. Leibenstein's Theory Of Consumption Behavior (paul Albanese) -- 8. Effort Discretion And Economic Agency And Behavioral Economics: Transforming Economic Theory And Public Policy (morris Altman) -- 9. Understanding High Performance Work Systems: The Joint Contribution Of Economics And Human Resource Management (john Tomer) -- 10. X-efficiency And Underdevelopment: A Leibenstein's Application Of Behavioral Economics (hamid Hosseini) -- 11. Empirical Evidence On X-efficiency, 1967-2004 (roger Frantz). Edited By Roger Frantz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.