... behaviour.
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of money (’silver and iron and other such matters’) has shown particular
longevity and weathered centuries, if superficially updated into the
‘convention ... that they always or mostly
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wrote a shopping list. When asked whether they wrote down what they...
... ‘inte-
gration’ of means and demands; on the economic significance of the
various forms of income and the analytical value of the ‘income’ factor;
on the income pattern and the standard of living practised ... simply
on the amount of available funds, then depending on the set of problems
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taken join...
... many of the easy-going than the punctilious type
would see the movie despite the price of the balcony seats; the case is
similar for the extraverted and the desultory versus the introverts and the
orderly. ... standard
of consumption was defined as the sum of its level of consumption plus
its level of aspiration.
If the two components of the standar...
... generations.
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because of the general lack of understanding among members of parlia-
ment and administrators of the underlying economic and monetary
processes; and ... revenues. The response from the public
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Even the referendum on a tax amnesty in 19...
... years 38 33 29 0
50–64 years 39 29 30 2
65 years and older 45 23 31 1
Total 39 32 28 1
a
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itself, regardless of his ... still convey the idea of someone who imposes the
tax on the liable, and the word ‘duty’ conveys the awareness of fulfilling
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... function,
and calculated these figures on the basis of the results of the measurement.
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liquidity preferences were started some years ago by the Cologne ... per cent) of respondents enumer-
ating concrete examples mentioned the possibility of saving taxes by
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... 96–8
psychology
and economic behaviour research,
35 –9
and macroeconomics, 211–28
and problems of motivation, 35 –6
Psychology of Adjustment, The, 33
psychology of saving, 99–102
and age, 100
and ... for
research, 134 –5
definition of, 124
and education, 128
and expectations regarding the
general economic trend, 133
and household size, 130
and income, 125,...
... 136
4.1 Entrepreneurial behaviour 136
4.2 The entrepreneur in the economy and in the society
of the Federal Republic of Germany 149
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5.1 Fiscal psychology: ... Psychology of Money
and Public Finance
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... proponent of
the monothematic, McDougall of the polythematic and Gehlen of the
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behave, but for how they would behave if they followed the ‘logic of
the money ... into thinking of the well-worn ideal type homo
economicus, an isolated specimen who is dominated entirely by the
17
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... matters; on the origin and composition of income; on the
role of the ‘co-earners’ in a household and the extent of economic ‘inte-
gration’ of means and demands; on the economic significance of the
various ... are selected and broken down on
the basis of completely different characteristics; perhaps on the basis of
the profession of the head of t...