The economics of self-destructive choices /

The economics of self-destructive choices /

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Author / Creator:	Ikeda, Shinsuke, 1957- author. 池田新介, 1957- author.
Imprint:	Tokyo : Springer, 2016. ©2016
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 191 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in Japanese business and economics ; volume 10 Advances in Japanese business and economics ; 10.
Subject:	Economics -- Psychological aspects. Self-destructive behavior -- Psychological aspects. Decision making. Economics. Economics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference. Decision making. Economics -- Psychological aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253123

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ISBN:	9784431557937 4431557938 9784431557920 9784431557944 4431557946 443155792X 9784431557920 9784431566946 4431566945
Digital file characteristics:	PDF text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 14, 2016).
Summary:	Based on recent advances in economics, especially those in behavioral economics, this book elucidates theoretically and empirically the mechanism of time-inconsistent decision making that leads to various forms of self-destructive behavior. The topics include over-eating and obesity, over-spending, over-borrowing, under-saving, procrastination, smoking, gambling, over-drinking, and other intemperate behaviors, all of which relate to serious social problems in advanced countries. In this book, the author attempts to construct a bridge between the basic theory of time discounting, especially as of hyperbolic discounting, and empirically observed "irrational (non-classical)" behavior in the various contexts just mentioned. The empirical validity of the theory is discussed using unique micro data as well as public macro data. The book proposes prescriptions for individual decision makers, whether sophisticated or naïve, to make better choices in self-control problems, and also provides policy makers with useful advice for influencing people's decision making in the right directions. This work is recommended not only to general readers who seek to learn how to attain better self-regulation under self-control problems. It also helps researchers who seek an overview of positive and normative implications of hyperbolic discounting, and thereby reconstruct economic theory for a better understanding of actual human behavior and the resulting economic dynamics
Other form:	Print version: Ikeda, Shinsuke. Economics of Self-Destructive Choices. Tokyo : Springer Japan, ©2016 9784431557920
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-4-431-55793-7