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NEWS ABOUT: behavioral ecnonomics

behavioral ecnonomics stories: 2 news summaries

Utilities Turn to Peer Pressure
to Nudge Customers

Cut your energy use to keep up with Joneses

Sep 14, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Would you be more likely to rein in your energy use if you knew it would save money, or if you knew your neighbors used less? Traditional economists assume the former—that consumers do what is in their best interest—but companies are ditching that notion in favor of behavioral... More »

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marketing • economics • behavioral ecnonomics • energy conservation

Obama Brain Trust's Key 'Ism' Is Pragmatism

Team of behavioral economists bucks convention, ideology

Feb 29, 08 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s brain trust leans heavily on behavioral economics, the New Republic reports, with academics who start small in their analyses—looking at everyday anomalies—and are relatively ideology-free pragmatists. From his top economic adviser to his health-care and Social Security aides, Obama is surrounded not by "big-think... More »

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Barack Obama • nuclear weapons • University of Chicago • Richard Thaler • behavioral ecnonomics • automatic tax return • Austan Goolsbee • carbon emissions

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