Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/182374 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Publisher: 
Open Book Publishers, Cambridge
Abstract: 
It is fashionable to criticize economic theory for focusing too much on rationality and ignoring the imperfect and emotional way in which real economic decisions are reached. All of us facing the global economic crisis wonder just how rational economic men and women can be. Behavioral economics - an effort to incorporate psychological ideas into economics - has become all the rage.This book by well-known economist David K. Levine questions the idea that behavioral economics is the answer to economic problems. It explores the successes and failures of contemporary economics both inside and outside the laboratory. It then asks whether popular behavioral theories of psychological biases are solutions to the failures. It not only provides an overview of popular behavioral theories and their history, but also gives the reader the tools for scrutinizing them.Levine's book is essential reading for students and teachers of economic theory and anyone interested in the psychology of economics.
Subjects: 
Economics
Microeconomics
Economic models
Economic theory
Game theory
Rationality
Psychology
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ISBN: 
978-1-906924-96-6
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Book
Document Version: 
Published Version

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