Contributions

  • Kling, Jeffrey R. - Contributor
  • Mullainathan, Sendhil - Contributor

Publication

2011 - Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

61,750 words, Guess

Page Count

247 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC336
  • LCCHJ141 .C65 2011

Description

"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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