The irrational economist : making decisions in a dangerous world / Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michel-Kerjan, Erwann.

Slovic, Paul, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic forecasting.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time of huge choices, it has never been more important to make the right decisions. Acclaimed experts explore decision-making and irrationality in a catastrophic world

Contents:

Superstition : a common irrationality? / Thomas Schelling

Berserk weather forecasters, beauty contests, and delicious apples on Wall Street / George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller

Subways, coconuts, and foggy minefields : an approach to studying future-choice decisions / Robin M. Hogarth

The more who die, the less we care / Paul Slovic

Haven't you switched to risk management 2.0 yet? : moving toward a new risk architecture / Erwann Michel-Kerjan

A two-edged sword : implications of decision psychology for decision analysis / Paul J.H. Schoemaker

Constructed preference and the quest for rationality / David H. Krantz

What if you know you will have to explain your choices to others afterwards? : legitimation in decision making / Paul R. Kleindorfer

Neuroeconomics : measuring cognition and brain activity during economic decision making / Colin F. Camerer

The useful brain : how neuroeconomics might change our views on rationality and a couple of other things / Olivier Oullier

Virgin versus experienced risks / Carolyn Kousky, John Pratt, and Richard Zeckhauser

How do we manage an uncertain future? : ambiguity today is not ambiguity tomorrow / Ayse Onculer

Dreadful possibilities, neglected probabilities / Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Zeckhauser

Why we still fail to learn from disasters / Robert Meyer

Dumb decisions or as smart as the average politician? : economic and behavioral explanations for insurance demand / Mark V. Pauly

The hold-up problem : why it is urgent to rethink the economics of disaster insurance protection / W. Kip Viscusi

The peculiar politics of american disaster policy : how television has changed federal relief / David Moss

Catastrophe insurance and regulatory reform after the subprime mortgage crisis / Dwight M. Jaffee

Toward financial stability : lessons from catastrophe reinsurance / Kenneth A. Froot

Economic theory and the financial crisis : how inefficient incentives can lead to catastrophes / Kenneth Arrow

Environmental politics : are you a conservative? / Geoffrey Heal

Act now, later, or never? : the challenges of managing long-term risks / Christian Gollier

Climate change : insuring risk and changes in risk / Neil Doherty

International social protection in the face of climate change : developing insurance for the poor / Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer

Are we making a difference? / Baruch Fischhoff

Thinking clearly : the importance of training policy makers in decision sciences / Ralph L. Keeney

Decision making : a view on tomorrow / Howard Raiffa

Influential social science, risks, and disasters : a view from the national science foundation / Robert O'Connor and Dennis E. Wenger

Reflections and guiding principles for dealing with societal risks / Howard Kunreuther.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46171-0

9786612461712

0-7867-4626-2

OCLC:

609854500