Psychology of Economic Decisions

Name: Psychology of Economic Decisions
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ISBN: 9780199257218

ISBN-10: 0199257213

ISBN-13: 9780199257218

Edition: 2002

Authors: Isabelle Brocas, Juan D. Carrillo, Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain) Staff, Juan D. Carrillo, Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain) Staff

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This volume brings together contributions to the burgeoning research area of behavioral economics from a number of well-known international scholars in the field. Topics covered include 'irrational' conducts; imperfect self-knowledge; imperfect memory; time and utility; and experimental practices in psychology, economics, and finance. This book will provide a point of entry to anyone wishing to discover what the intellectual terrain between economics and psychology looks like.

Book details

List price: $73.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




Introduction




Beliefs: Origins, Formation, and Evolution



Costs and constraints in the economy of the mind




Understanding under- and over-reaction




Self-serving beliefs and the pleasure of outcomes




Dynamic Choices: Consistency, Commitment and Intertemporal Separability



Commitment devices under self-control problems: an overview




Consistent intertemporal decision making through memory and anticipation




Dynamic decisions under uncertainty: some recent evidence from economics and psychology




Limited Cognition: Attention, Preference Formation and Risk Evaluation



Thinking about attention in games: backward and forward induction




Arbitrarily coherent preferences




Perception matters: psychophysics for economists




Affective Behavior: The Role of Emotions in Decision-Making



The dark-side of opportunity: regret, disappointment and the cost of prospects




Poe: Mood regulation and decision-making: is irrational exuberance really a problem?




Which chance was lost? The psychology of damage awards under the loss of chance doctrine