A Perspective on Psychology and Economics

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A Perspective on Psychology and Economics

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Matthew Rabin (University of California, Berkeley)

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This essay provides a perspective on the trend towards integrating psychology into economics. Some topics are discussed, and arguments are provided for why movement towards greater psychological realism in economics will improve mainstream economics.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series General Economics and Teaching with number 0303003.

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Length: 43 pages
Date of creation: 21 Mar 2003
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2003-03-25 (All new papers)
NEP-CBE-2003-03-25 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
NEP-HPE-2003-03-25 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
NEP-LAM-2003-03-25 (Central & South America)
NEP-MIC-2003-03-25 (Microeconomics)
NEP-PKE-2003-03-25 (Post Keynesian Economics)

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Matthew Rabin, 1998. "Psychology and Economics," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 36(1), pages 11-46, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Gary Charness & Matthew Rabin, 2003. "Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests," General Economics and Teaching 0303002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- Gary Charness & Matthew Rabin, 2001. "Understanding Social Preferences With Simple Tests," University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series 21-01, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara. [Downloadable!]
- Gary Charness & Matthew Rabin, 2002. "Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series 1042, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley. [Downloadable!]
- Gary Charness & Matthew Rabin, 2002. "Understanding Social Preferences With Simple Tests," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 117(3), pages 817-869, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Matthew Rabin., 2000. "Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem," Economics Working Papers E00-279, University of California at Berkeley. [Downloadable!]
Matthew Rabin, 2000. "Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 68(5), pages 1281-1292, September.
Matthew Rabin, 2000. "Risk Aversion and Expected-Utility Theory: A Calibration Theorem," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series 1034, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley. [Downloadable!]

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