Behavioral economics

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Over the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline. It has done so by putting the human back into economics, by recognizing that people sometimes make mistakes, care about others, and are generally not as cold and calculating as economists have traditionally assumed. The results have been exciting and fascinating, and have fundamentally changed the way we look at economic behaviour. This textbook introduces all the key results and insights of behavioral economics t…

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Full title :Behavioral economics / Edward Cartwright.

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Publication Date:©2011
Edition:2nd ed

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Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

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Description:1 online resource (582 p.).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0415737648, 9780415737647, 131781505X, 9781317815051, 1315817896, 9781315817897, 1317815068, 9781317815068
oclc:on1113595659
LC Classification:HB74.P8
Dewey Decimal:330.01/9

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 An introduction to behavioral economics; Part II Economic behavior; 2 Simple heuristics for complex choices; 3 Choice with risk; 4 Choosing when to act; 5 Learning from new information; 6 Interacting with others; 7 Social preferences; Part III Origins of behavior; 8 Evolution and culture; 9 Neuroeconomics; Part IV Welfare and policy; 10 Happiness and utility; 11 Policy and behavior; Bibliography; Index