Misbehaving : the making of behavioral economics / Richard H. Thaler.
Misbehaving : the making of behavioral economics / Richard H. Thaler.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Date
[2015]
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G 2015/4814
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface -- I. Beginnings: 1970-78 -- 1. Supposedly Irrelevant Factors -- 2. The Endowment Effect -- 3. The List -- 4. Value Theory -- 5. California Dreamin' -- 6. The Gauntlet -- II. Mental Accounting: 1979-85 -- 7. Bargains and Rip-Offs -- 8. Sunk Costs -- 9. Buckets and Budgets -- 10. At the Poker...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
[2015]
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Summary
Argues that economical trends cannot be predicted as much as thought, mainly because humans are so unpredictable, and reveals how behavioral economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building....
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Full title
Misbehaving : the making of behavioral economics / Richard H. Thaler.
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Making of behavioral economics
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and index.
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G 2015/4814
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74VKVkl6rxrO
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ISBN
0393080943
9780393080940
DDC
330.01/9
MMS ID
991024185603602626
