The Psychology of Economic Decisions Volume 1: Rationality and Well-Being

, by Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D.

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ISBN: 9780199251063 | 0199251061
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/10/2003

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This title includes the following features: Covers the topical andexpanding field of behavioural economics; Will appeal to all those interested inthe interface between economics and psychology

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Introduction

xiii

Isabelle Brocas and Juan D. Carrillo

PART I. THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF 'IRRATIONAL' CONDUCTS

1. The Psychology of Irrationality: Why People Make Foolish, Self-Defeating Choices

(14)

Roy F. Baumeister

2. Irrational Pursuits: Hyper-Incentives From a Visceral Brain

(24)

Kent C. Berridge

3. The Pursuit and Assessment of Happiness can be Self-Defeating

(32)

Jonathan W. Schooler, Dan Ariely, and George Loewenstein

PART II. IMPERFECT SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND THE ROLE OF INFORMATION

4. Behavioral Policy

(16)

Andrew Caplin and John Leahy

5. Information and Self-Control

(16)

Isabelle Brocas and Juan D. Carrillo

6. Self-Signaling and Diagnostic Utility in Everyday Decision Making

105

(22)

Ronit Bodner and Drazen Prelec

PART III. IMPERFECT MEMORY AND LIMITED CAPACITY TO PROCESS INFORMATION

7. Mental Accounting and the Absent-minded Driver

127

(10)

Itzhak Gilboa and Eva Gilboa-Schechtman

8. Self-Knowledge and Self-Regulation: An Economic Approach

137

(32)

Roland Benabou and Jean Tirole

9. A New Challenge for Economics: 'The Frame Problem'

169

(18)

Xavier Gabaix and David Laibson

PART IV. TIME AND UTILITY

10. Experienced Utility and Objective Happiness: A Moment-Based Approach

187

(22)

Daniel Kahneman

11. Making Sense: the Causes of Emotional Evanescence

209

(26)

Timothy D. Wilson, Daniel T. Gilbert, and David B. Centerbar

12. Temporal Construal Theory of Time-Dependent Preferences

235

(18)

Yaacov Trope and Nira Liberman

PART V. EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND FINANCE

13. Economists' and Psychologists' Experimental Practices: How They Differ, Why They Differ, and How They Could Converge

253

(20)

Ralph Hertwig and Andreas Ortmann

14. Psychology and the Financial Markets: Applications to Understanding and Remedying Irrational Decision-Making

273

(26)

Denis J. Hilton

15. What Causes Nominal Inertia? Insights From Experimental Economics

299

(16)

Ernst Fehr and Jean-Robert Tyran

Index

315

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The Psychology of Economic Decisions Volume 1: Rationality and Well-Being

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