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Three explanations for the Kahneman-Tversky Programme of the 1970s

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This article provides a historical description of the background and development of Kahneman and Tversky's collaborative research of the 1970s and advances three explanations for their success. A first reason for the two psychologists' triumph in economics is that they provided a friendly criticism of economics based on a re-interpretation of normative and descriptive. A second reason for their success was the new type of experiments they could use. A third reason was their effective use of intuitively appealing examples, to which not only the experimental subjects but also the readers of the articles could relate.

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  • Floris Heukelom, 2012. "Three explanations for the Kahneman-Tversky Programme of the 1970s," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 797-828, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:19:y:2012:i:5:p:797-828
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2010.540350
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