Policy and Choice: Public Finance through the Lens of Behavioral Economics

by Sendhil Mullainathan, William J. Congdon, Jeffrey R. Kling, et al.

Book Overview

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Traditional public finance provides a powerful framework for policy analysis, but it relies on a model of human behavior that the new science of behavioral economics increasingly calls into question. In Policy and Choice economists William Congdon, Jeffrey Kling, and Sendhil Mullainathan argue that public finance not only can incorporate many lessons of behavioral economics but also can serve as a solid foundation from which to apply insights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815722583
• ISBN13: 9780815722588
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"