"This Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive account of the complementary forces of behavioural economics, a novel field combining psychological insights with analytical economic thinking and experimental economics. Addressing key topics and pioneering research in the field, entries are written...

Psychological preparedness for entrepreneurial actions helps to connect macro-institutional support for entrepreneurs to actions of entrepreneurs. Action knowledge and personal initiative are part of entrepreneurial preparedness, and there are two training concepts that have been developed to...

This manuscript is a methodological work on the state of research using meta-analytic procedures in Economic Psychology, with a focus on the investigation of cross-cultural differences. We review published meta-analyses and introduce a new classification thereof by data source, describing how...

Psychological traits have received significant attention in labour market research in recent decades. Unfortunately, empirical evidence remains limited for some psychological traits and their interactions. To address this gap, we conduct a representative survey of employees, assessing...

As a discipline with an expansive and intricate landscape, the field of judgment and decision-making (JDM) has evolved significantly since the beginning of the 2020s. The extensive and intricate nature of this field might pose challenges for scholars and researchers in designing course content...

In this study, it was investigated whether fear of happiness and ruminative thinking predict psychological resilience in university students. In addition, the predictive level of fear of happiness and ruminative thinking of psychological resilience subscales was investigated. Finally, it...

This research was conducted to highlight the utility of considering clinical psychology concepts in judgment and decision research. Our overarching thesis is that the judgments and choices people make may often be influenced by clinically relevant phenomena, and that understanding these...

This paper argues for broadening the application of hysteresis to institutions, policy lockin, psychology, identity, and economic ideas. Hysteresis is an element of historical processes, and the real world is historical. That explains why hysteresis is pervasive and important. Hysteresis should...

Nudging people towards sustainable diets can help mitigate agricultural emissions. Recent debate suggests “nudges” can have heterogeneous treatment effects in the population, including some backfire effects. So, can we identify this heterogeneity and design more effective nudges for...

The subject of this paper is how the epistemic limitations of individuals and their biases in reasoning affect collective decisions and in particular the functioning of democracies. In fact, while the cognitive sciences have largely shown how the imperfections of human rationality shape...

"This enlightening book comprehensively maps the current state of economic psychology and behavioural economics. Exploring key concepts, topics and models in the field, it is also a launching pad for future research, providing useful insights on how to make good personal and professional...

1 Introduction to Cognitive Economics -- 2 Cognitive Household Finance -- 3 Measuring and Minimizing Mistakes -- 4 Cognitive Economics at Work -- 5 Cognitive Capital and Human-AI Interactions -- 6 Work Skills for the Cognitive Economy -- 7 Cognitive Economics in Teaching -- 8. Cognitive...

Many of the greatest minds in psychology have tried to unravel the mysteries, power, appeal, and consequences of religion. The task of understanding human behaviour will never be complete without the use of science and logic to examine the psychology of religion and spirituality. This...

Neoclassical Economics and the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) along with all its types have been a go to for investors since decades but why do almost all speculators tend to lose money while making their financial decisions? Stock market is the most vulnerable place towards uncertainty and...

Psychology specializes in individual behavior and the anthropology of cultural values. It comes to the relationship between the individual and the community in taking action, the collaboration between the two sciences is included in the study of cultural psychology. This research aims to develop...

Introduction: John Tomer and the Importance of Pluralism and Humanism in Economic Modelling -- 1 Tomer's Humanistic Hand -- 2 Behavioral economics as the combination of economics with all behavioral and social sciences -- 3 John Tomer’s Human Firm: Where is it Today? -- 4 The Human and Humane...

"Over the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline. It has done so by putting the human back into economics, by recognizing that people sometimes make mistakes, care about others and are generally not as cold and calculating as economists have traditionally...

Introduction -- A Compromising Preacher: Butler as a Proto-Political Economist -- Formation of Butler’s Moral Theology as a Foundation of Commercial Society -- Commercial Society and Religion: Butler, Paley and Priestley -- Butler’s Defence of the Authority of Conscience -- Theories of...

The Symphony Of Equilibrium -- Whispers Of Change: Nudge For The Better -- Without Charlie's Angels, We Can Be Happier: The Comparison Conundrum -- The Bragging Spectrum From Wealth To Altruism: Signaling By Consumption -- Eyes Wide Open: How Visuals Shape Minds -- The Self-Centric Universe:...

"It seems clear that many formerly stable societies in wealthy developed countries appear to be falling into an apparent state of 'permacrisis' accompanied by an increasingly angry and irrational social and political culture that is undermining the peace and stability of our societies and...

Die Verhaltensökonomik (Behavioral Economics) als Lehre von den psychologischen Determinanten wirtschaftlichen Entscheidens und Handelns gehört mittlerweile zum festen Kanon der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und bereichert betriebs- und volkswirtschaftliche Ansätze um interdisziplinäre Aspekte...

Entdecken Sie in Von der Ökonomie der Psyche von Oliver Hoffmann die zentrale Bedeutung von Erinnerung und Imagination als mentale Ressourcen. Das Buch bietet eine fundierte Analyse der ökonomischen Prinzipien innerer Prozesse und präsentiert innovative Strategien zur Optimierung der...

"Why do some countries succeed while others struggle? Why are some firms profitable while rivals fail? Why do some marriages thrive and others end in divorce? These questions seem unrelated, but societies, companies, and marriages have one important thing in common: they involve more than one...

Numerous laboratory studies find that minor nuances of presentation and description change behavior in ways that are inconsistent with standard economic models. How much do these context effect matter in natural settings, when consumers make large, real decisions and have the opportunity to...