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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Behavioral Economics: Past, Present, and Future

  • Richard H. Thaler
American Economic Review
vol. 106, no. 7, July 2016
(pp. 1577–1600)
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Citation

Thaler, Richard H. 2016. "Behavioral Economics: Past, Present, and Future." American Economic Review, 106 (7): 1577–1600. DOI: 10.1257/aer.106.7.1577

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JEL Classification

  • D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
  • D11 Consumer Economics: Theory
  • D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
  • E03 Behavioral Macroeconomics
  • G02 Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles