An ad hoc committee will organize an open, two-day workshop to discuss behavioral economics research with the goal of extending the research to be of benefit to older populations. Specifically, there ...

Ever bought a monthly gym membership thinking it would make you go more often? Or chosen a health insurance policy with a lower deductible, even though the premium was much higher? You’re not alone – ...

It is a bit difficult to say what criteria should be used to judge the success or failure of a research initiative on the scale of merging psychology and economics. Two reasonable criteria, at least ...

Imagine that a patient suffering from unusually profound amnesia has two toasters in his kitchen. The toaster on the right functions normally. The toaster on the left delivers an electric shock when ...

Daniel Kahneman, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, professor of psychology and public affairs, emeritus, and a Nobel laureate in economics whose groundbreaking behavioral science ...

Beyond that, exactly where and how the work of Peters fits into economics and behavioral economics is a matter for future research. On one hand, early research results note that the time average ...

This morning Wellth, maker of a mobile platform designed to improve treatment adherence through behavioral economics, announced that it scored $5.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by ...

The half-bearded behavioral economist Dan Ariely tends to preface discussions of his work—which has inquired into the mechanisms of pain, manipulation, and lies—with a reminder that he comes by both ...

Discover how econometricians use math and statistics to analyze and predict economic trends, serving in finance and academia ...