Title:
Decision making : a behavioral economic approach
Author:
Skorepa, Michal.
ISBN:
9780230248243
9780230248250
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Publication Information:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description:
xxi, 375 p. : charts ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Pt. I: Fundamentals -- 1. Introduction and Motivation -- 2. Basic Concepts -- 3. An Overview of the Main Areas of Decision Science -- 4. History of Research on Decision-Making -- 5. Methodology of Decision Science -- 6. Selected Decision Maxims -- Pt. II: Models and Findings -- 7. Inductive Reasoning I - Generalisation and Sampling -- 8. Inductive Reasoning II - Forecasting -- 9. Inductive Reasoning III - Influence of Comparing -- 10. Comparing in General I - Types of Utilities -- 11. Comparing in General II - Reference Dependence -- 12. Comparing I - Multiple States of the World -- 13. Comparing II - Multiple Periods.
Abstract:
"Decision Making provides a broad survey of the field of decision making from the perspective of the economics researcher. The book is divided into two parts, the first provides a concise and systematic overview of the field of decision research, and the second goes deeper into key topics and debates within the field."--Publisher's website.
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