Behavioral economics for dummies

A guide to the study of how and why you really make financial decisions While classical economics is based on the notion that people act with rational self-interest, many key money decisions-like splurging on an expensive watch-can seem far from rational. The field of behavioral economics sheds ligh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Altman, Morris (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mississauga, Ont. : Wiley 2012.
Edition:1st edition
Series:--For dummies.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627764306719
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introducing behavioral economics : the science of making real-world choices
  • pt. 2. Understanding choice
  • pt. 3. Growing the economic pie : the economic importance of ethics, well-being, and culture
  • pt. 4. When bubbles and busts and inefficiencies are possible : some behavioral insights into the strange world of economic reality
  • pt. 5. The part of tens.