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010 _a 2015004600
020 _a9780393080940 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aDLC
_beng
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042 _apcc
082 0 4 _a330.019
_bTHA
_222
100 1 _aThaler, Richard H.,
_d1945-
_941931
245 1 0 _aMisbehaving :
_bthe making of behavioral economics /
_cRichard H. Thaler.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_cc.2015.
300 _axvi, 415 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and index.
505 0 _aI. Beginnings : 1970-78. Supposedly irrelevant factors ; The endowment effect ; The list ; Value theory ; California dreamin' ; The gauntlet -- II. Mental accounting : 1979-85. Bargains and rip-offs ; Sunk costs ; Buckets and budgets ; At the poker table -- III. Self-Control : 1975-88. Willpower No problem ; The Planner and the doer -- Interlude. Misbehaving in the real world -- IV. Working With Danny : 1984-85. What seems fair? ; Fairness games ; Mugs -- V. Engaging with the economics profession: 1986-94. The debate begins ; Anomalies ; Forming a team ; Narrow framing on the Upper East Side -- VI. Finance : 1983-2003. The beauty contest ; Does the stock market overreact?; The reaction to overreaction ; The price Is not right ; The battle of closed-end funds ; Fruit flies, icebergs, and negative stock prices -- VII. Welcome to Chicago : 1995-present . Law schooling ; The offices ; Football ; Game shows -- VIII. Helping out : 2004-present. Save more tomorrow ; Going public ; Nudging in the U.K. ; Conclusion: What is next?
520 _a"Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has
586 _aWinner of the Nobel prize in Economics.
650 7 _aEconomics
_xPsychological aspects.
_2BUEsh
651 _2BUEsh
653 _bBUSECO
_cNovember2018
655 _vReading book
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