Several principles have emerged from behavioral economics research that have helped economists better understand human economic behavior. From these principles, governments and businesses have ...

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Enter behavioral economics, a growing subfield of economics that is drawing from modern psychological research and old philosophical insights to produce models that more accurately reflect the ...

Fortunately, there are solutions to these problems. We simply have to change the choice architecture of retirement plans by utilizing the findings of behavioral economics research (3) and make such ...

"Behavioral Economics and Health-Care Markets." Chap. 6 in Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Applications 2, edited by B. Douglas Bernheim, Stefano DellaVigna, and David Laibson, ...

Good judgment requires an understanding of the behavioral biases that can hinder effective ... Students will learn how to use psychological, sociological, and economic research, and a thoughtful ...

Gao's research focus aims to enhance the flow of information between food consumers and food producers. He said he hopes to reduce "information asymmetry" -- where one party in a transaction has more ...

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...