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Handbook of Behavioral Economics - Foundations and Applications 2

  • 1st Edition, Volume 2 - January 29, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: B. Douglas Bernheim, Stefano DellaVigna, David Laibson
  • Language: English

Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Volume 2, Foundations and Applications offers critical perspectives on theoretical work within behavioral economics, delivering a comprehen… Read more

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Description

Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Volume 2, Foundations and Applications offers critical perspectives on theoretical work within behavioral economics, delivering a comprehensive, critical, up-to-date, and accessible review of the field that has always been missing. This literature summary of the conceptual foundations underlying behavioral economics is written by, and for, economists, with chapters covering Intertemporal choice, Reference-dependent preferences, Beliefs, Cognition, Social preferences, Behavioral game theory, Welfare, and Neuroeconomics.

Key features

  • Helps academic and non-academic economists understand recent rapid changes in theoretical advances within behavioral economics
  • Designed for economists already convinced of the benefits of behavioral economics and mainstream economists who feel threatened by new developments in behavioral economics
  • Written for those who wish to become quickly acquainted with behavioral economics

Readership

Economics graduate students, professors, and researchers worldwide studying general economics and, in particular, behavioral economics

Table of contents

1. Intertemporal Choice
Keith Marzilli Ericson and David Laibson

2. Errors in Probabilistic Reasoning and Judgment Biases
Daniel J. Benjamin

3. Errors in Strategic Reasoning
Erik Eyster

4. Behavioral Inattention
Xavier Gabaix

5. Behavioral Development Economics
Michael Kremer, Gautam Rao, and Frank Schilbach

6. Behavioral Economics and Health-Care Markets
Amitabh Chandra, Benjamin Handel, and Joshua Schwartzstein

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 2
  • Published: January 31, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editors

BB

B. Douglas Bernheim

Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics, Douglas Bernheim received his Ph.D. from MIT. A Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has also taught at Northwestern University and Princeton University.
Affiliations and expertise
Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA

SD

Stefano DellaVigna

Dr. Stefano DellaVigna,.Daniel Koshland, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration, Stefano DellaVigna received his PhD from Harvard. An Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, he is a co-editor of the American Economic Review.
Affiliations and expertise
Berkeley University, CA, USA

DL

David Laibson

The Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics and Harvard College Professor, David Laibson received his Ph.D. from MIT. A Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, he won the TIAA-CREF Paul Samuelson Prize in 2011.
Affiliations and expertise
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

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