Author:
Ghisellini, Fabrizio, author.
ImprintCham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Imprint2018
Descriptionxiii, 234 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Note:Preface -- Part I. How did we get here? -- Introduction to Part I -- Does conventional economics fit reality? -- The behavioral alternative -- Part II. Moving forward: seven businesses to finish -- Introduction to Part II -- How many real biases are there? -- How do people form expectations in the real world? -- Time and preferences -- Rationality : an inferiority complex? -- The problem with behavioral finance -- Should biased nudgers nudge us? -- What we talk about when we talk about behavioral economics.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:This book sets the agenda to turn behavioral economics, which has long been considered a subordinate discipline, into mainstream economics. Ghisellini and Chang expose the conceptual and empirical inadequacy of conventional economics using illustrations of real world decision-making in a dynamic environment, including evidence from the global financial crisis. With a rigorous yet accessible style, they give a comprehensive overview of behavioral economics and of the current state of play in the field across different schools of thought. Seven major conceptual problems still affecting the development of behavioral economics are identified and the authors propose research avenues to address these issues and allow the discipline to receive its long-awaited recognition. Crucial reading for researchers and students looking for insights into the many unsolved problems of economics.--Publisher website.
