An Introduction to Behavioral Economics

- Authors
- Wilkinson, Nick & Klaes, Matthias
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Tags
- psychology
- ISBN
- 9780230291461
- Date
- 2007-12-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.01 MB
- Lang
- en
An Introduction to Behavioral Economics offers a comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to what is one of the most rapidly advancing areas in economics today. It considers the debates in this exciting field through a cross-disciplinary approach that incorporates insights from economics and other social sciences, as well as evolutionary biology and neuroscience.
This edition features:
- Two new chapters, Chapter 2 on methodology and Chapter 4 on beliefs, heuristics and biases
- Fully revised content, including expanded material on neuroeconomics, rationality, and behavioral game theory
- A large number of real-life case studies and examples, as well as review questions