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Behavioral Economics

Behavioral economics asks questions about the economic decisions that people make. Do individuals always act in their own best interest when it comes to maximizing utility, efficiency, and value?

Economics
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Game Theory Definition

Game theory is a framework for modeling scenarios in which conflicts of interest exist among the players.

  • Karl Marx Defination

  • Conflict Theory Definition

  • Organizational Behavior (OB) Definition

  • Rational Choice Theory Definition

  • Moral Hazard vs. Morale Hazard: What's the Difference?

  • Animal Spirits Definition

  • How Tit-for-Tat Strategies Work

  • Revealed Preference Definition

  • Winner's Curse Definition

  • Rational Behavior Definition

  • Understanding Information Cascades

  • Socialism Definition
  • squeezed middle

    Which Income Class Are You?

  • Laissez-Faire Definition

  • How the Financial Crisis Affected Millennials
  • tablet and files on table

    Prospect Theory Definition
  • Symbols

    What are the Four Types of Economic Utility?

  • Bioeconomics Definition

  • What are some examples of moral hazard in the business world?
  • A man with money flying out of his wallet

    Consumer Spending Defined

  • Behavioral Finance

  • Cognitive vs. Emotional Investing Bias

  • Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - MCSI

  • Investment Multiplier

  • Black Monday Definition

  • Human Development Index - HDI

  • How Game Theory Strategy Improves Decision Making
  • Various currencies spread amongst each other

    Over the Top (OTT) Definition
  • Midsection Of Woman Holding Shopping Bags

    Understanding the Consumer Confidence Index

  • Top 4 mistakes that cause futures traders to fail

  • The Wealth Effect Definition
  • Person drawing

    Bandwagon Effect Definition
  • Business Cooperation

    What Is Self-Interest?

  • How did moral hazard contribute to the 2008 financial crisis?

  • The Top Three Financial Centres in the World
  • Paper Cash

    Introduction to Anchoring and Adjustment
  • Business accounting concept, Business man using calculator with computer laptop, budget and loan paper in office.

    Which factors drive the marginal propensity to consume?
  • Abstract mirror building texture

    Backward Induction Definition
  • Game Bank

    Gambler's Fallacy/Monte Carlo Fallacy
  • Collective Intelligence

    Wisdom of Crowds Definition
  • Economic growth

    New Growth Theory

  • Marginal Propensity to Consume vs. to Save: What's the Difference?
  • Couple with digital tablet and antique cameras

    Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Service

  • What the Market Open Tells You

  • Income Effect vs. Price Effect: What’s the Difference?
  • Business Cooperation

    How to Master the Art of Negotiation
  • Man Using Credit Card Reader

    What Are Adopter Categories?

  • How Much Does It Cost to Study in Japan?

  • 5 Worthwhile, Inexpensive Christmas Destinations
  • Intertemporal choice

    Intertemporal Choice

  • Reflexivity
  • Consumer feedback

    Consumer Sentiment

  • Shakeout Definition
  • Two business people calculate their business in the office.

    Mental Accounting Definition

  • The Importance Of Millennial Consumers
  • Stock Exchange

    Endowment Effect Definition

  • Stump the Chump Definition

  • Decision Theory

  • Relativity Trap

  • Homo Economicus

  • Price Elasticity: How it Affects Supply and Demand

  • Money Illusion Definition

  • Base Rate Fallacy
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