behavioral economics, complexity, agent-based models, computational and experimental economics
In this fourth installment of our Behavioral Econs 101 series(for parts 1, 2 and 3, see here, here and here) we continue our discussion of the endowment effect. In Part 3, we explained how Prospect Theory helps us understand why losses feel so much more …
In this third installment of our Behavioral Econs 101 series(for parts 1 and 2, see here, and here) we finally turn to a discussion of the endowment effect. Why do losses feel so much more painful than an equivalent gain feels good? Why are we …
As part of our second installment in our Behavioral Econs 101 series(see part 1 here), we turn now to tie up some loose ends with mental accounting by discussing how behavioral economics helps us understand when we think of a deal as a bargain or …
Richard Thaler, the 2017 Nobel Laureate for Economics, has spent a career trying to understand individuals as they really are, idiosyncrasies, irrationalities and all and in the process founded the field of behavioral economics. In this series of short essays, we will introduce the basic …