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Kagel John H. Raymond C. Battalio Rachlin Howard Green Leonard Robert L. Basmann and Klemm W. R. , “Experimental Studies of Consumer, Demand Behavior Using Laboratory Animals”. Economic Inquiry 13 (March 1975): 22–38.

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Posner Richard , Economic Analysis of Law. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973.

Posner Richard , “A Theory of Primitive Society, with Special Reference to Primitive Law.” The Journal of Law and Economics 23 (April 1980): 1–53.

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Stigler George J. and Gary S. Becker . “De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum,” American Economic Review 67 (March 1977): 76–90.

Stigler George . “Do Economists Matter?” Southern Economic Journal 42 (January 1976): 347–354.

Thaler Richard H. and Shefrin H. M. “An Economic Theory of Self-Control.” Journal of Political Economy 89 (April 1981): 392–406.

For textbook treatment of some of the new applications of economics see:.

Crouch Robert . Human Behavior: An Economic Approach. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1979.

McKenzie Richard B. and Tullock Gordon . The New World of Economics: Explorations into the Human Experience. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1975.

For philosophical discussions of the new applications of economics see:.

Blaug Mark . “The New Economics of the Family.” Chapter 14 in The Methodology of Economics or How Economists Explain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980.

Diamond Arthur M. Jr. “Stable Values and Variable Constraints; the Sources of Behavioral and Cultural Differences.” Journal of Business Ethics 1 (1982): 49–58.

Rosenberg Alexander . “Can Economic Theory Explain Everything?” Philosophy of Social Science 9 (1979): 509–529.