Urban residents and their preferences of environmental elements

The paper is devoted to the economic analysis of rationality in the tradition of Harvey Leibenstein: the authors perceive rationality as “calculatedness” when making decisions, while the degree of this “calculatedness” is interpreted as a variable. Thus, this approach does not correspond to the generally accepted neoclassical interpretation of rationality, according to which rationality is both full and constant. The authors believe that such a neoclassical approach makes too stringent requirements for the abilities of people. In real life, people do not behave like calculating machines. The paper discusses various factors limiting the degree of rationality of individuals. One group of factors is associated with external information constraints such as the complexity and extensiveness of information, as well as the uncertainty of the future. Another group of factors is related to informal institutions. In particular, the paper states that the system of planned socialism contributes to less rationality than the system of market capitalism. Thus, in the post-socialist countries, including contemporary Russia, one should not expect a high degree of rationality of the behavior of economic entities. The paper mentions, in particular, the factors of rationality caused by informal institutions, such as the propensity to calculate, the propensity to be independent when making decisions and the propensity to set goals. The authors also believe that people who live on their own are usually more rational than people who share a common household with someone else. This assumption is verified econometrically based on data on young urban residents collected by the authors. It turned out that the behavior of people included in this database, in general, corresponds to what the authors believed.

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Comparative Analysis for the Assessment of Urban Agriculture by Urban Residents : Shanghai City and Harbin City of China as Research Targets

Studies in Regional Science ◽

10.2457/srs.39.1027 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 1027-1040

Author(s):

Meihua ZHU ◽

Lily KIMINAMI

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Urban Agriculture ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Harbin City ◽

Shanghai City

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The application of ELES in the analysis of urban residents’ consumption structure in Jilin Province

Future Computer and Information Technology ◽

10.2495/icfcit131171 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Wu Yanhua ◽

Zhang Shaojie

Keyword(s):

Jilin Province ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Consumption Structure

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Foundation for the Prevention and Pathological Aspects of Diseases of the Mucous Membranes of the Oral Cavity (Review)

International Journal on Integrated Education ◽

10.31149/ijie.v3i6.392 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 8-11

Author(s):

Bakaev Zh. N.

Keyword(s):

Oral Cavity ◽

Rural Women ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Southern China ◽

Age Groups ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Volgograd Region ◽

Mucous Membranes ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Two Age Groups

According to the authors, the prevalence of SOPR diseases is from 3 to 20%.In a study of 1573 residents of southern China in two age groups who use tobacco and alcohol, the incidence of SOPR was higher among men living in rural areas compared to urban residents. Among women aged 35-44 years, the incidence was higher in urban women, and in the 65-77-year-old group in rural women. In the course of studies in Brazil, among 335 patients older than 60 years, 646 diseases of the SOPR were identified. Similar results were obtained in the analysis of SOPR diseases in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation

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