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Behavioural Economics

“The Road Not Taken” – a seminal paper of interest to students

Posted on 1st August 2018

In economics, I rarely recommend journal articles as primary background reading to undergraduate students. Most of them are simply too technical, even if they mark milestones in the development of the discipline. Bruni and Sugden’s 2007 paper is one exception to this rule. In a subject area, where history of thought topics normally take a […]

Behavioural Economics

Thinking Fast and Slow – background reading for behavioural economics

Posted on 30th June 2018

Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow is a popular introduction to the work of the psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky –two psychologists who delivered a groundbreaking critique of some of the premises of mainstream economic theory. While the book is of general interest, it is particularly valuable for present or future students of behavioural economics. […]

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