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In the last decade, behavioral economics, borrowing from psychology and sociology to explain decisions inconsistent with traditional economics, has revolutionized the way economists view the world. But despite this general success, behavioral thinking has fundamentally transformed only one field of...

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Corporate Author: Yrjö Jahnssonin säätiö
Other Authors: Vartiainen, Hannu, Diamond, Peter A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Economics > Psychological aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Économie politique > Aspect psychologique > Congres.
Economics > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the last decade, behavioral economics, borrowing from psychology and sociology to explain decisions inconsistent with traditional economics, has revolutionized the way economists view the world. But despite this general success, behavioral thinking has fundamentally transformed only one field of applied economics-finance. Peter Diamond and Hannu Vartiainen's Behavioral Economics and Its Applications argues that behavioral economics can have a similar impact in other fields of economics. In this volume, some of the world's leading thinkers in behavioral economics and general economic theory.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400829149

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