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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Game Theory
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Game Theory

by Edward C. Rosenthal
March 2011
Beginner
384 pages
9h 1m
English
Alpha
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Chapter19

Behavioral Decision Theory

In This Chapter

  • How perspective affects choice
  • How reference points influence choice
  • How time affects choice
  • How ownership affects choice

Chapter 18 started with utility theory but ended with a clinic on how prospect theory explains the quirky ways in which we perceive risky outcomes. In this chapter I continue with one more lesson of prospect theory and then branch out to explore some related topics in behavioral economics.

The main lessons of this chapter are how identical decisions can appear very different to us depending on their storylines, their contexts, and their timeframes. These lessons heighten ...

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