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This seventh volume of The Foundations of Behavioral Economic Analysis covers a range of topics in behavioral economics. It is an essential guide for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students seeking a concise and focused text that explores the key areas of emotions in economics, behavioral welfare economics, and neuroeconomics.
This updated extract from Dhami's leading textbook allows the reader to pursue subsections of this vast and rapidly growing field and to tailor their reading to their specific interests in behavioral economics.
List of contents
- Preface
- Preface to The Foundations of Behavioral Economic Analysis
- Introduction to Behavioral Economics and the Book Volumes
- Introduction to Volume 7
- Part I: Emotions
- 1: Emotions and Human Behavior
- 2: Interactions between Emotion and Cognition
- Part II: Behavioral Welfare Economics
- 3: Behavioral Welfare Economics
- Part III: Neuroeconomics
- 4: Neuroeconomics
- Part IV: A Guide to Further Reading
- 5: A Guide to Further Reading
About the author
Sanjit Dhami is Professor of Economics at the University of Leicester. He studied at the Delhi School of Economics and the University of Toronto for his Masters, MPhil, and PhD degrees in economics. He has previously taught at the Universities of Toronto, Essex, and Newcastle. His research has mainly focused on behavioral economic theory and its applications. He has published on the axiomatic foundations of the various components of prospect theory, behavioral political economy using other-regarding preferences, behavioral time preferences, foundations of behavioral game theory, and applications in tax evasion, stochastic dominance concepts under other-regarding preferences, and in behavioral law and economics.
Summary
This seventh volume of The Foundations of Behavioral Economic Analysis covers a range of topics in behavioral economics Authoritative, cutting edge, and accessible, this volume covers the topics of emotions, behavioral welfare economics, and neuroeconomics.
Report
Volume 7 of a seven-volume set examines the impact of emotions on economic decision making and their interaction with cognition, covering the topics of behavioral welfare economics and neuroeconomics. Journal of Economic Literature (Volume 59, no. 1)
