Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Behavioral Economics: Policy Impact and Future Directions ...

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...

In its early days, behavioral economics was focused on documenting human deviance from rational action. It began as a challenge to the mainstream neoclassical economics model, which assumes people are ...

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Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Behavioral economics has had a growing influence on public policy over the past ...

The field of behavioral economics blends ideas from psychology and economics, and it can provide valuable insight that individuals are not behaving in their own best interests. Behavioral economics ...

Behavioral economics combines elements of economics and psychology to understand how and why people behave the way they do in the real world. It differs from neoclassical economics, which assumes that ...

Behavioral Economics is the application of psychology to the field of economics. It describes the role that psychology plays among consumers, employers, and governments, which then impacts markets and ...