Behavioural and Experimental Economics
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Concise Introduction to Sustainable Consumption
John Thøgersen
Examining the psychological and social drivers of unsustainable and sustainable consumption, this Concise Introduction provides an insightful overview of the causes of unsustainable consumer behaviour and the instruments and intervention...eBook:Find out more$23.96
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Nudged into Lockdown?
Ananish Chaudhuri
Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on the role of cognitive biases in decision-making during the Covid-19 pand...eBook:Find out more$37.60
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A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology
Edited by James G. Carrier
The financial crisis and its economic and political aftermath have changed the ways that many anthropologists approach economic activities, institutions and systems. This insightful volume presents important elements of this change. With...eBook:Find out more$31.16
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A Research Agenda for Economic Psychology
Edited by Katharina Gangl, Erich Kirchler
This book presents state of the art reviews on classical and novel research fields in economic psychology. Internationally acknowledged experts and the next generation of younger researchers summarize the knowledge in their fields and ou...eBook:Find out more$35.96
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Understanding Ponzi Schemes
Mervyn K. Lewis
A Ponzi scheme is one of the simplest, albeit effective, financial frauds to engineer, and new schemes keep coming forward. Despite this, however, people continue to invest in them. How are we to account for the seemingly never-ending lu...eBook:Find out more$32.76
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Vanity Economics
C. Simon Fan
This book presents an accessible and sometimes controversial economic exploration of numerous issues surrounding sex, marriage and family. It analyzes the role of ‘vanity’, defined as social status and self-esteem, in social and economic...eBook:Find out more$42.36
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Changing Behaviours
Rhys Jones, Jessica Pykett, Mark Whitehead
Changing Behaviours charts the emergence of the behaviour change agenda in UK based public policy making since the late 1990s. By tracing the influence of the behavioural sciences on Whitehall policy makers, the authors explore a new ps...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Obesity, Business and Public Policy
Edited by Zoltán J. Ács, Alan Lyles
The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical commun...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Expectations, Rationality and Economic Performance
Tobias F. Rötheli
This book offers a broad perspective on the economics of expectations. Experimental studies are used to analyse how human bounded rationality affects economic performance. The challenges posed for policy making are also addressed. -
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Not Just for the Money
Bruno S. Frey
In Not Just for the Money Professor Frey challenges traditional economic theory and argues that people do not act in expectation of monetary gain alone, nor do they work solely because they are paid. Furthermore, the author claims that h... -
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Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics
Edited by Graham Bird, Heather Bird
This textbook builds a bridge between the economic principles which form the basis of most introductory textbooks and the issues that students see discussed incessantly in the media. Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics shows how ...