Research Catalog

Title

Behavioral public finance / Edward J. McCaffery and Joel Slemrod, editors.

Publication

New York : Russell Sage, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• McCaffery, Edward J.
• Slemrod, Joel.

Description

viii, 403 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Finance, Public > Psychological aspects
• Economics > Psychological aspects
• Emotions and cognition
• Finance, Public > Decision making
• Human behavior > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Psychology, economics, and econometrics -- Ch. 1. Toward an agenda for behavioral public finance / Edward J. McCaffery and Joel Slemrod -- Ch. 2. Statistical, identifiable, and iconic victims / George Lowenstein, Deborah A. Small and Jeff Strnad -- Ch. 3. Distinguishing between cognitive biases / Hanming Fang and Dan Silverman -- Pt. II. Behavior and policy -- Ch. 4. Masking redistribution (or its absence) / Jonathan Baron and Edward J. McCaffery -- Ch. 5. Mispredicting utility and the political process / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Ch. 6. Hyperopia in public finance / Lee Anne Fennell -- Pt. III. Tax compliance -- Ch. 7. Value added tax compliance / Paul Webley, Caroline Adams and Henk Elffers -- Ch. 8. Trust and taxation / Terrence Chorvat -- Ch. 9. Tax evasion : artful or artless dodging? / John Cullis, Philip Jones and Alan Lewis -- Pt. IV. Retirement behavior -- Ch. 10. Accounting for Social Security benefits / Howell E. Jackson -- Ch. 11. Saving for retirement on the path of least resistance / James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Andrew Metrick -- Pt. V. Reservations -- Ch. 12. Second-order rationality / Richard A. Epstein.

ISBN

0871545977

LCCN

2005044938

OCLC

• OCM61278619
• SCSB-5926979

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries