Behavioral Economics: A History

by Floris Heukelom

Book Overview

This book presents a history of behavioral economics. The recurring theme is that behavioral economics reflects and contributes to a fundamental reorientation of the epistemological foundations upon which economics had been based since the days of Smith, Ricardo, and Mill. With behavioral economics, the discipline has shifted from grounding its theories in generalized characterizations to building theories from behavioral assumptions directly amenable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107569540
• ISBN13: 9781107569546
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"