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Misbehaving : The making of behavioral economics / Richard H. Thaler.

By: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 415 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780241951224
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.019 THA 23
LOC classification:
  • HB74.P8 T527 2015
Contents:
Table of Contents Preface xiii I Beginnings: 1970-78 1 1 Supposedly Irrelevant Factors 3 2 The Endowment Effect 12 3 The List 20 4 Value Theory 25 5 California Dreamin' 35 6 The Gauntlet 43 II Mental Accounting: 1979-85 55 7 Bargains and Rip-Offs 57 8 Sunk Costs 64 9 Buckets and Budgets 74 10 At the Poker Table 80 III Self-Control: 1975-88 85 11 Willpower? No Problem 87 12 The Planner and the Doer 99 Interlude 113 13 Misbehaving in the Real World 115 IV Working with Danny: 1984-85 125 14 What Seems Fair? 127 15 Fairness Games 140 16 Mugs 148 V Engaging with the Economics Profession: 1986-94 157 17 The Debate Begins 159 18 Anomalies 169 19 Forming a Team 176 20 Narrow Framing on the Upper East Side 185 VI Finance: 1983-2003 203 21 The Beauty Contest 205 22 Does the Stock Market Overreact? 216 23 The Reaction to Overreaction 225 24 The Price Is Not Right 230 25 The Battle of Closed-End Funds 237 26 Fruit Flies, Icebergs, and Negative Stock Prices 244 VII Welcome to Chicago: 1995-Present 255 27 Law Schooling 257 28 The Offices 270 29 Football 277 30 Game Shows 295 VIII Helping Out: 2004-Present 307 31 Save More Tomorrow 309 32 Going Public 323 33 Nudging in the U.K. 330 Conclusion: What Is Next? 347 Notes 359 Bibliography 373 List of Figures 393 Acknowledgments 395 Index 399
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and index.

Table of Contents
Preface xiii
I Beginnings: 1970-78 1
1 Supposedly Irrelevant Factors 3
2 The Endowment Effect 12
3 The List 20
4 Value Theory 25
5 California Dreamin' 35
6 The Gauntlet 43
II Mental Accounting: 1979-85 55
7 Bargains and Rip-Offs 57
8 Sunk Costs 64
9 Buckets and Budgets 74
10 At the Poker Table 80
III Self-Control: 1975-88 85
11 Willpower? No Problem 87
12 The Planner and the Doer 99
Interlude 113
13 Misbehaving in the Real World 115
IV Working with Danny: 1984-85 125
14 What Seems Fair? 127
15 Fairness Games 140
16 Mugs 148
V Engaging with the Economics Profession: 1986-94 157
17 The Debate Begins 159
18 Anomalies 169
19 Forming a Team 176
20 Narrow Framing on the Upper East Side 185
VI Finance: 1983-2003 203
21 The Beauty Contest 205
22 Does the Stock Market Overreact? 216
23 The Reaction to Overreaction 225
24 The Price Is Not Right 230
25 The Battle of Closed-End Funds 237
26 Fruit Flies, Icebergs, and Negative Stock Prices 244
VII Welcome to Chicago: 1995-Present 255
27 Law Schooling 257
28 The Offices 270
29 Football 277
30 Game Shows 295
VIII Helping Out: 2004-Present 307
31 Save More Tomorrow 309
32 Going Public 323
33 Nudging in the U.K. 330
Conclusion: What Is Next? 347
Notes 359
Bibliography 373
List of Figures 393
Acknowledgments 395
Index 399

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