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Driven by the Invisible: The economics of the unseen

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  • Roger Frantz

    (Professor Emeritus, San Diego State University)

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In this paper I discuss 15 writers, whose writings included topics or concepts which are now part of (new) behavioral economics (NBE). These writers may not have taken up one page or what became part of (N)BE, or it took up several pages. They often did not use the terms used today by NBE. But, the substance is similar, even identical. The writers wrote between the mid-18th century (Adam Smith), to the 20th century (Irving Fisher, and Frank Knight, to mention only two).

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  • Roger Frantz, 2021. "Driven by the Invisible: The economics of the unseen," Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), vol. 5(S3), pages 7-17, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:beh:jbepv1:v:5:y:2021:i:s3:p:7-17
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    Keywords

    (new) behavioral economics; heuristics and biases; history of economic thought;
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    JEL classification:

    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • B2 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925
    • B3 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals

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