Assoc Prof Elias Khalil - Researcher Profile

Elias Khalil

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Department of Economics
Building 11E, Clayton

Biography

Elias Khalil works in the Department of Economics as an Associate Professor.

Elias received his PhD (1990) in economics from the New School for Social Research, New York.  He specialises in behavioral and evolutionary economics.  He focuses on rational choice theory, its power and its limits, with regard to four major areas:

i) creativity and entrepreneurship;

ii) evolutionary change of institutions and technology;

iii) emotions and ethical judgments;

iv) behavior of organisms.


His articles appeared in Economic Inquiry (2010), Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011), Southern Economic Journal (1997), History of Political Economy (1995), Economics and Philosophy (1990), Biology and Philosophy (1997, 2010), Biological Theory (2010), Theory and Decision (2000), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (1999, 2010, 2011, 2012), Kyklos (1997), Cambridge Journal of Economics (1997, 2005), Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2000, 2009), and International Negotiation (2012).

 

Keywords

behavioural economics, internal motivations, ethics and economics, evolutionary economics

Qualifications

PHD DEGREE - ECONOMICS
Institution: New School For Social Research, Ohio State University, USA
Year awarded: 1990
MASTER OF ECONOMICS
Institution: New School For Social Research, Ohio State University, USA
Year awarded: 1987
BACHELOR OF ECOMONICS
Institution: Ohio State University USA
Year awarded: 1979

Publications

Books

Khalil, E.L. (ed), 2009, The New Behavioral Economics (Volume 1): A Taste for Fairness, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK and USA.

Khalil, E.L. (ed), 2004, Dewey, Pragmatism, and Economic Methodology, Routledge, United Kingdom.

Khalil, E.L. (ed), 2003, Trust, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom.

Book Chapters

Khalil, E.L., 2009, Introduction: A taste for every season, in The New Behavioral Economics Volume 1: A Taste for Fairness, eds Elias L Khalil, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. ix-xxii.

Khalil, E.L., 2009, The curious case of routines: Between deliberation and instinct, in Applied Process Thought II: Following a Trail Ablaze, eds Mark Dibben and Rebecca Newton, ontos verlag, Germany, pp. 277-291.

Khalil, E.L., 2008, Action, entrepreneurship and evolution, in Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought: Volume 1, eds Michel Weber and Will Desmond, ontos verlag, Germany, pp. 145-159.

Khalil, E.L., 2004, Introduction: John Dewey, the transactional view, and the behavioral sciences, in Dewey, Pragmatism, and Economic Methodology, eds Elias L. Khalil, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 1-12.

Khalil, E.L., 2003, Why does trustworthiness pay? Three answers: an introduction, in Trust, eds Elias L. Khalil, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 13-32.

Journal Articles

Marciano, A., Khalil, E.L., 2012, Optimization, path dependence and the law: Can judges promote efficiency?, International Review of Law and Economics [P], vol 32, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Philadephia Pennsylvania USA, pp. 72-82. View Publication

Khalil, E.L., 2012, The temper tantrums of nations: Why would weak nations challenge hegemonic nations?, International Negotiation: a journal of theory and practice [P], vol 17, issue 2, Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden Netherlands, pp. 321-346. View Publication

Khalil, E.L., 2012, Why Europe? A critique of institutionalist and culturalist economics, Journal Of Economic Surveys [P], vol 26, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 351-372. View Publication

Khalil, E., 2011, Rational, normative and procedural theories of beliefs: Can they explain internal motivations?, Journal of Economic Issues [P], vol 45, issue 3, M E Sharpe Inc, Armonk USA, pp. 641-664. View Publication

Khalil, E., 2011, The mirror neuron paradox: How far is understanding from mimicking?, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [P], vol 77, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 86-96. View Publication

Khalil, E., 2010, Adam Smith's concept of self-command as a solution to dynamic inconsistency and the commitment problem, Economic Inquiry [P], vol 48, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, USA, pp. 177-191. View Publication

Khalil, E., 2010, Are plants rational?, Biological Theory: Integrating Development, Evolution, and Cognition [P], vol 5, issue 1, MIT Press, USA, pp. 53-66. View Publication

Khalil, E., 2010, The Bayesian fallacy: Distinguishing internal motivations and religious beliefs from other beliefs, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization [P], vol 75, issue 2, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 268-280. View Publication

Khalil, E., Marciano, A., 2010, The equivalence of neo-Darwinism and Walrasian equilibrium: In defense of Organismus economicus, Biology & Philosophy [P], vol 25, issue 2, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 229-248. View Publication

Khalil, E.L., 2009, Are stomachs rational?, Behavioral And Brain Sciences [P], vol 32, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 91-92. View Publication

Ewing, M., Jevons, C.P., Khalil, E.L., 2009, Brand death: A developmental model of senescence, Journal of Business Research, vol 62, issue 3, Elsevier Inc, USA, pp. 332-338. View Publication

Khalil, E.L., 2009, Natural selection and rational decision: Two concepts of optimization, Journal Of Evolutionary Economics [P], vol 19, issue 3, Springer, Germany, pp. 417-435. View Publication

Khalil, E.L., 2009, Self-deceit and self-saving bias: Adam Smith on 'General Rules', Journal of Institutional Economics [P], vol 5, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 251-258. View Publication

Khalil, E.L., 2008, Are addictions "biases and errors" in the rational decision process?, Behavioral And Brain Sciences [P], vol 31, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 449-450.

Khalil, E.L., 2007, Animal innovation and rationality: Distinguishing productivity from efficiency, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol 30, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, UK, p. 413.

Khalil, E.L., 2007, Comment and reply, Contemporary Sociology: Journal of Reviews, vol 36, issue 2, American Sociological Association, USA, pp. 204-205.

Jevons, C.P., Ewing, M., Khalil, E.L., 2007, Managing brand demise, Journal of General Management, vol 32, issue 4, Braybrooke Press Ltd, UK, pp. 73-81.

Khalil, E.L., 2007, Problem of creativity: Distinguishing technological action and cognitive action, Revue de Philosophie Economique, vol 8, issue 2, Vuibert, pp. 33-69.

Khalil, E.L., 2006, Introduction: Smith the hedgehog, The Adam Smith Review, vol 2, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 3-20.

Khalil, E.L., 2005, An anatomy of authority: Adam Smith as political theorist, Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol 29, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 57-71.

Khalil, E.L., 2004, The gift paradox: Complex selves and symbolic good, Review of Social Economy, vol 62, issue 3, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 379-392.

Khalil, E.L., 2004, The three laws of thermodynamics and the theory of production, Journal of Economic Issues, vol 38, issue 1, Association for Evolutionary Economics, Las Cruces New Mexico USA, pp. 201-226.

Khalil, E.L., 2004, What is altruism?, Journal of Economic Psychology, vol 25, issue 1, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 97-123.

Khalil, E.L., 2003, A transactional view of entrepreneurship: A Deweyan approach, Journal of Economic Methodology, vol 10, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 161-180.

Khalil, E.L., 2003, The context problematic, behavioral economics and the transactional view: An introduction to 'John Dewey and economic theory', Journal of Economic Methodology, vol 10, issue 2, Routledge, London UK, pp. 107-130.

Khalil, E.L., 2002, Information, knowledge and the close of Friedrich Hayek's system, Eastern Economic Journal, vol 28, issue 3, Eastern Economic Association, USA, pp. 319-342.

Khalil, E.L., 2002, Is Adam Smith liberal?, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, vol 158, issue 4, Mohr Siebeck, Germany, pp. 664-694.

Khalil, E.L., 2000, Beyond natural selection and divine intervention: The Lamarckian implication of Adam Smith's invisible hand, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, vol 10, issue 4, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 373-394.

Khalil, E.L., 2000, Survival of the most foolish of fools: The limits of evolutionary selection theory, Journal of Bioeconomics, vol 2, issue 3, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 203-220.

Khalil, E.L., 2000, Symbolic products: Prestige, pride and identity goods, Theory and Decision, vol 49, issue 1, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 53-77.

Conference Proceedings

Ewing, M., Jevons, C.P., Khalil, E.L., 2007, Brand senescence: An outline of a developmental theory, Book of Abstracts: 2007 Thought Leaders International Conference on Brand Management, 24 April 2007 to 25 April 2007, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK, pp. i-9.

Khalil, E.L., 2007, The mirror-neuron paradox: How far is sympathy from compassion, indulgence, and adulation?, 2007 NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference Proceedings, 14 October 2007 to 16 October 2007, Association for NeuroPsychoEconomics, Munich Germany, pp. i-74.