What is "homo oeconomicus"

alt. concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments toward their subjectively defined ends. n. concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments toward their subjectively defined ends.

Homo Oeconomicus is an quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies in classical and neoclassical economics, public and social choice theory, law and economics, and philosophy of economics. It was established in 1983 as an occasional series concerned with aspects of the Homo economicus concept. The founding editor-in-chief wasManfred J. Holler ( University of Hamburg). The current editors-in-chief are Manfred J. Holler (University of Hamburg), John Hudson ( University of Bath), Hartmut Kliemt ( Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), and Martin Leroch ( University of Mainz). Originally published in German, all articles have been in English since 1998. The mixture of German and English articles deterred some subscribers and subscriptions picked up after the journal stopped accepting German language submissions.