The irrational economist
Subtitle: making decisions in a dangerous world
By: Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic, editors.
Contributors: Michel-Kerjan, Erwann.; Slovic, Paul, 1938-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781586487805
Subjects: Economic forecasting; Decision making
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Superstition : a common irrationality? / Thomas Schelling; title: Berserk weather forecasters, beauty contests, and delicious apples on Wall Street / George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller; title: Subways, coconuts, and foggy minefields : an approach to studying future-choice decisions / Robin M. Hogarth; title: The more who die, the less we care / Paul Slovic; title: Haven't you switched to risk management 2.0 yet? : moving toward a new risk architecture / Erwann Michel-Kerjan; title: A two-edged sword : implications of decision psychology for decision analysis / Paul J.H. Schoemaker; title: Constructed preference and the quest for rationality / David H. Krantz; title: What if you know you will have to explain your choices to others afterwards? : legitimation in decision making / Paul R. Kleindorfer; title: Neuroeconomics : measuring cognition and brain activity during economic decision making / Colin F. Camerer; title: The useful brain : how neuroeconomics might change our views on rationality and a couple of other things / Olivier Oullier; title: Virgin versus experienced risks / Carolyn Kousky, John Pratt, and Richard Zeckhauser; title: How do we manage an uncertain future? : ambiguity today is not ambiguity tomorrow / Ayse Onculer; title: Dreadful possibilities, neglected probabilities / Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Zeckhauser; title: Why we still fail to learn from disasters / Robert Meyer; title: Dumb decisions or as smart as the average politician? : economic and behavioral explanations for insurance demand / Mark V. Pauly; title: The hold-up problem : why it is urgent to rethink the economics of disaster insurance protection / W. Kip Viscusi; title: The peculiar politics of american disaster policy : how television has changed federal relief / David Moss; title: Catastrophe insurance and regulatory reform after the subprime mortgage crisis / Dwight M. Jaffee; title: Toward financial stability : lessons from catastrophe reinsurance / Kenneth A. Froot; title: Economic theory and the financial crisis : how inefficient incentives can lead to catastrophes / Kenneth Arrow; title: Environmental politics : are you a conservative? / Geoffrey Heal; title: Act now, later, or never? : the challenges of managing long-term risks / Christian Gollier; title: Climate change : insuring risk and changes in risk / Neil Doherty; title: International social protection in the face of climate change : developing insurance for the poor / Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer; title: Are we making a difference? / Baruch Fischhoff; title: Thinking clearly : the importance of training policy makers in decision sciences / Ralph L. Keeney; title: Decision making : a view on tomorrow / Howard Raiffa; title: Influential social science, risks, and disasters : a view from the national science foundation / Robert O'Connor and Dennis E. Wenger; title: Reflections and guiding principles for dealing with societal risks / Howard Kunreuther.