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基本説明
Publication delayed (Originally scheduled in June 2002). Topics include 'irrational' conducts, imperfect self-knowledge, and experimental practices in psychology, economics, and finance.
Full Description
Psychologists and economists often ask similar questions about human behaviour. This volume brings together contributions from leaders in both disciplines.
The editorial introduction discusses methodological differences between the two which have until now limited the development of mutually beneficial lines of research. Psychologists have objected to what they see as an excessive formalism in economic modelling and an unrealistic degree of sophistication in the behaviour of individuals, while economists criticize the absence of a general psychological framework into which most results can be fitted and the lack of welfare implications in their theories. The editors encourage scholars to exploit the strengths of each discipline - the ability of psychologists to understand the feelings and motivation of individuals; and the experience of economists to develop normative frameworks.
The editors then highlight the links between the contributions by grouping them according to central themes in the study of rationality and well-being:
1. The causes and consequences of 'irrational behaviour';
2. The role of anticipatory feelings and imperfect self-knowledge on decision-making;
3. The way in which memory of past events and cost of thinking affect current decisions;
4. The interaction between anticipated and remembered utility and its effects on the welfare of individuals;
5. Experimental practice on how to perform controlled experiments to test hypotheses.
This exciting volume provides an excellent point of entry for anyone interested in the interface between economics and psychology.
Contents
Introduction ; PART I: THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF 'IRRATIONAL' CONDUCTS ; 1. The Psychology of Irrationality: Why people make foolish, self-defeating choices ; 2. Irrational Pursuit: Hyper-incentives from a visceral brain ; 3. The Pursuit and Assessment of Happiness May Be Self-Defeating ; PART II: IMPERFECT SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND THE ROLE OF INFORMATION ; 4. Behavioral Policy ; 5. Information and Self-Control ; 6. Self-Signaling and Diagnostic Utility in Everyday Decision-Making ; PART III: IMPERFECT MEMORY AND LIMITED CAPACITY TO PROCESS INFORMATION ; 7. Mental Accounting and the Absentminded Driver ; 8. Self-Knowledge and Self-Regulation: An economic approach ; 9. A New Challenge for Economics: 'The frame problem' ; PART IV: TIME AND UTILITY ; 10. Experienced Utility and Objective Happiness: A moment-based approach ; 11. Making Sense: The causes of emotional evanescence ; 12. Temporal Construal Theory of Time-Dependent Preferences ; PART V: EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND FINANCE ; 13. Economists' and Psychologists' Experimental Practices: How they differ, why they differ, and how they could converge ; 14. Psychology and the Financial Markets: Applications to understanding and remedying irrational decision-making ; 15. What Causes Nominal Inertia? Insights from experimental economics
