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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	CONGDON, WILLIAM J.
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

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Other authors / contributors:	Kling, Jeffrey R. Mullainathan, Sendhil.
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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part I. Psychology and the Foundations of Public Finance
2. Psychology and Economics
3. Behavioral Economics and Public Finance
Part II. Behavioral Economics and Public Finance in Practice
4. Asymmetric Information
5. Externalities and Public Goods
6. Poverty and Inequality
7. Taxation and Revenue
Appendix A.
Appendix B.
Notes
Index