Psychology and Economics: Evidence from the Field. Part I: Nonstandard Preferences (Introduction by S. Pyastolov)

Abstract

This first part of a larger work devoted to the modern behavioral economics considers economic aspects of nonstandard preferences that characterize deviations from the standard model of rational decision-making. The author emphasizes the problems of self-control and the context-dependence of human behavior. He then shows how to apply theoretical ideas to the study of savings, labor market, stock exchange, and other domains of economic behavior.