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Behavioral economics / Arthur O'Sullivan

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]Description: xix, 449 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780197515921
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.01
Contents:
Part 1. Introduction
Introduction and key concepts of microeconomics
Insights from behavioral science
Part 2. Social preferences and pro-social behavior
Social norms : sharing and enforcement
Trust
Public goods and voluntary contributions
Identity, norms, and reciprocity in the workplace
Voluntary prices
Imitation and cultural learning
Part 3. Time preferences and intertemporal choice
Discounting and present bias
Time preferences and saving
When to act
Application of present bias - sin taxes and fertilizer
Part 4. Mental accounting and the power of loss
Loss versus gain
Part 5. Risk preferences and decisions in uncertain environments
Risk preferences and decisions in uncertain environments
Reference points and goals
Part 6. Natural selelction and culture
Nature selection and co-evolution of genes and culture
Cooperation
Loss aversion and time preferences
Natural selection and risk preferences
Bargaining and the endowment effect
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-438) and index.

Part 1. Introduction

Introduction and key concepts of microeconomics

Insights from behavioral science

Part 2. Social preferences and pro-social behavior

Social norms : sharing and enforcement

Trust

Public goods and voluntary contributions

Identity, norms, and reciprocity in the workplace

Voluntary prices

Imitation and cultural learning

Part 3. Time preferences and intertemporal choice

Discounting and present bias

Time preferences and saving

When to act

Application of present bias - sin taxes and fertilizer

Part 4. Mental accounting and the power of loss

Loss versus gain

Part 5. Risk preferences and decisions in uncertain environments

Risk preferences and decisions in uncertain environments

Reference points and goals

Part 6. Natural selelction and culture

Nature selection and co-evolution of genes and culture

Cooperation

Loss aversion and time preferences

Natural selection and risk preferences

Bargaining and the endowment effect

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