Book Description | Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Volume 2, Foundations and Applications offers critical perspectives on theoretical work within behavioral economics, delivering a comprehensive, critical, up-to-date, and accessible review of the field that has always been missing. This literature summary of the conceptual foundations underlying behavioral economics is written by, and for, economists, with chapters covering Intertemporal choice, Reference-dependent preferences, Beliefs, Cognition, Social preferences, Behavioral game theory, Welfare, and Neuroeconomics. |
About the Author | Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics, Douglas Bernheim received his Ph.D. from MIT. A Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has also taught at Northwestern University and Princeton University.Dr. Stefano DellaVigna,.Daniel Koshland, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration, Stefano DellaVigna received his PhD from Harvard. An Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, he is a co-editor of the American Economic Review.The Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics and Harvard College Professor, David Laibson received his Ph.D. from MIT. A Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, he won the TIAA-CREF Paul Samuelson Prize in 2011. |