Edward Cartwright

Behavioral Economics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook introduces all the key results and insights of behavioral economics to a student audience. This new edition contains expanded and updated coverage of contract theory, bargaining in the family, time and risk and stochastic reference points, among other topics, to ensure that readers are kept up to speed with this fast-paced field. The companion website is also updated with a range of new questions and worked examples. This book remains the ideal introduction to behavioral economics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 910g
• ISBN-13: 9781138097124
• ISBN-10: 1138097128
• Artikelnr.: 49341319

Autorenporträt

Edward Cartwright is a Reader in Economics at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I
Introduction
1 An introduction to behavioral economics
PART II
Economic behavior
2 Simple heuristics for complex choices
3 Choice with risk
4 Choosing when to act
5 Learning from new information
6 Interacting with others
7 Social preferences
PART III
Origins of behavior
8 Evolution and culture
9 Neuroeconomics
PART IV
Welfare and policy
10 Happiness and utility
11 Policy and behavior