An Introduction to Behavioral Economics

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
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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