Introduction

Edward Morey ()

Chapter Chapter 1 in Deconstructing Behavior, Choice, and Well-being, 2023, pp 1-12 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We do things: go to work, watch TV, kiss our partner, and buy M&Ms: we behave in specific ways. We are mostly aware of our actions and perceive them as actions we chose. This book is for those econ types (current and former) who wonder why they do what they do and how much they consciously control. I hope this includes graduate and undergraduate economics students and economic scholars, including the doubters and zealots of economic choice theory. I discuss research in behavioral economics, but this is not a behavioral- economics book. I thread the conversation around how economists have historically modeled behavior, though a fondness for economists is not required. Some psychologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists will find it interesting: those who want to better understand economists and the behavior of economici—creatures whose behaviors adhere to the neoclassical choice theory assumptions. [The behavioral economisteconomist, and Nobel laureate, Richard ThalerThaler, Richard (2013) refers to them as “econs” in contrast to “humans”.]. Parallel to models of behavior, I consider what is ethically preferred behavior-wise. Prior knowledge is not required, so the book is also an invitation to lay readers who want (or would like) a new hobby, rigorously studying behavior and choice.

Keywords: Neoclassical choice theory; Animal behavior; Behavioral anomalies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36712-0_1

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