Handbook of Behavioral Economics - Foundations and Applications 2

by B. Douglas Bernheim, Stefano DellaVigna, David Laibson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444633750
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	01/31/2019
Series:	Handbook of Behavioral Economics , #2
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

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.

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.

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

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Covers concepts of behavioral economics that are examined by leading economists for readers with an economics background