An introduction to behavioral economics

✍ Scribed by Klaes, Matthias; Wilkinson, Nick

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 589
Edition: 2. ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The second edition of this comprehensive introduction to studying behavioral economics includes recent research and offers an overview of methodology and expanded material on rationality, behavioral game theory and the nature of the role of evidence in testing. More worked examples, real-life cases and end-of-chapter questions are included.

✦ Table of Contents

PARTI: INTRODUCTION.- Nature of Behavioral Economics.- Methodology.- PARTII: FOUNDATIONS.- Values, Preferences and Choices.- Beliefs, Heuristics and Biases.- Decision-making under Risk and Uncertainty.- Mental Accounting.- PARTIII: INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE.- The Discounted Utility Model.- Alternative Intertemporal Choice Models.- PARTIV: STRATEGIC INTERACTION.- Behavioral Game Theory.- Social Preferences.- PARTV: CONCLUSION.- Behavioral Economics: Summary and Outlook.

✦ Subjects

Entscheidungsverhalten;Verhaltensforschung;Wirtschaftliches Verhalten;Wirtschaftspsychologie;Wirtschaftstheorie;Economics -- Psychological aspects;Economics / Psychological aspects

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