Exotic Preferences: Behavioral Economics and Human Motivation

by George Loewenstein

Book Overview

George Loewenstein is one of the pioneers of the rapidly growing field of behavioral economics. For over twenty years he has been working at the intersection of economics and psychology and is one of the few people of whom it can be said that their work is equally respected and well known within both disciplines. This book brings together a selection of his papers focusing on what he calls "exotic preferences"--the disparate motives that drive human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199257086
• ISBN13: 9780199257089
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"