Policy and choice : public finance through the lens of behavioral economics /
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Author / Creator: | CONGDON, WILLIAM J. |
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Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011. |
Description: | viii, 247 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Finance, Public -- Psychological aspects. Economics -- Psychological aspects. Finance, Public -- Decision-making. Human behavior -- Economic aspects. Economics -- Psychological aspects. Finance, Public -- Decision making. Human behavior -- Economic aspects. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8518945 |
Other authors / contributors: | Kling, Jeffrey R. Mullainathan, Sendhil. |
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ISBN: | 9780815704980 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0815704984 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-239) and index. |
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. |
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