The Network on Norms and Preferences is a research network headed by Robert Boyd (Anthropology, UCLA) and myself. We are working on extending and modifying the rational actor model in economic theory. Experimental economics, game theory, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology/psychology are among the tools we use in our work. Members of the group include George Akerlof (Economics, UC Berkeley), Samuel Bowles (Economics, UMass), Colin Camerer (Economics, Caltech), Martin Daly (Psychology, McMaster), Catherine Eckel (Economics, Virginia Tech), Jean Ensminger (Anthropology, Washington U), Ernst Fehr (Economics, UZurich), Edward Glaeser (Economics, Harvard), Avner Greif (Economics, Stanford), Daniel Kahan (Law, Yale), Daniel Kahneman (Psychology, Princeton), David Laibson (Economics, Harvard), George Loewenstein (Economics, Carnegie-Mellon), Casey Mulligan (Economics, UChicago), Matt Rabin (Economics, Berkeley), Paul Romer (Business School, Stanford), and Margo Wilson (Psychology, McMaster). We also have several research intiatives on various specialized topics including other researchers with expertise in various branches of the behavioral sciences.

The Network on Norms and Preferences web site contains further material covering our activities, and the following papers describe some of our research goals in greater detail.

	The Individual in Economic Theory: A Research Proposal [Herbert Gintis]
	Homo Reciprocans: A Research Initiative on the Origins, Dimensions, and Policy Implications of Reciprocal Fairness [Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Ernst Fehr, and Herbert Gintis]