Erik Angner

Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University

Professor

Universitetsvägen 10 D

Frescati

Stockholm, 106 91

Sweden

http://erikangner.com

Institute for Futures Studies

Researcher

Holländargatan 13

Stockholm, SE-101 31

Sweden

http://www.iffs.se/en/research/researchers/erik-angner-1/

Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science

Affiliated Faculty

400P Truland Building

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA 22030

United States

http://ices.gmu.edu/people/affiliated-faculty

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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“  Thinking about the manner in which science depends on philosophy – and vice versa.  ”

Scholarly Papers (13)

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Behavioral Economics

HANDBOOK OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMIC, pp. 641-690, Uskali Mäki ed., Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2012
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 15 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2011
Erik Angner and George Loewenstein
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University and Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences
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Behavioral Economics, Cognitive Science, History, Philosophy, Methodology

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Well-Being and Economics

In Guy Fletcher (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Well-Being (London: Routledge, 2015). ISBN 978-0-415-71453-2 , GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 15-1
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2015
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Well-Being, Welfare, Happiness, Capability, Social Indicators, Utilitarianism

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Behavioral Welfare Economics, Libertarian Paternalism, and the Nudge Agenda

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-29, GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 15-14
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 06 May 2015
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Behavioral economics, behavioral welfare economics, the nudge agenda

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The Evolution of Eupathics: The Historical Roots of Subjective Measures of Well-Being

International Journal of Wellbeing, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 4-41, 2011
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2011
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Measurement, Subjective Well-Being (SWB), Positive Psychology, History, Porter

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Subjective Well-Being: When, and Why, it Matters

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Oct 2012
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Happiness, Satisfaction, Welfare, Well-Being, Subjective Well-Being, Preferences

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The Politics of Happiness: Subjective vs. Economic Measures as Measures of Social Well-Being

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2010
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Happiness, Satisfaction, Subjective Well-Being, Social Welfare

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Economists as Experts: Overconfidence in Theory and Practice

Journal of Economic Methodology 13(1):1–24
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2015
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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overconfidence, calibration, economists, experts, public policy, Russian reforms

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We're All Behavioral Economists Now

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Mar 2018
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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behavioral economics, history of contemporary economics, economic methodology

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What Preferences Really Are

Philosophy of Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Apr 2018
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Preferences, Utility, Welfare

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'To Navigate Safely in the Vast Sea of Empirical Facts': Ontology and Methodology in Behavioral Economics

Forthcoming in Synthese, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-35
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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ideal types, rational-choice theory, microeconomics, behavioral economics, Max Weber

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Is Empirical Research Relevant to Philosophical Conclusions?

Res Philosophica, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2013
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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happiness, satisfaction, welfare, well-being, science, philosophy

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Current Trends in Welfare Measurement

THE ELGAR COMPANION TO RECENT ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY, John B. Davis, D. Wade Hands, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2011
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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Welfare, Measurement, Happiness

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Teaching Economics As Though Values Matter

Forthcoming, Fiscal Studies. DOI: 10.1111/1475-5890
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Aug 2023
Erik Angner
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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economics, education, ethics, values