Policy and choice : public finance through the lens of behavioral economics /

"Applies the psychological insights of behavioral economics to economic concepts such as moral hazard, deadweight loss, and incidence. Explores how deviations from the standard economic model of decisionmaking--imperfect optimization, bounded self-control, and nonstandard preferences--might aff...

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Main Author:	Congdon, William J.
Other Authors:	Mullainathan, Sendhil, Kling, Jeffrey R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2011]0.
Subjects:	Human behavior > Economic aspects. Finance, Public > Decision making. Economics > Psychological aspects. Finance, Public > Psychological aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	"Applies the psychological insights of behavioral economics to economic concepts such as moral hazard, deadweight loss, and incidence. Explores how deviations from the standard economic model of decisionmaking--imperfect optimization, bounded self-control, and nonstandard preferences--might affect public finance policy regarding externalities, information asymmetries, poverty, and taxes"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 247 pages )
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780815705017 0815705018