Front Cover -- Handbook of Behavioral Economics - Foundations and Applications 2 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to the series -- Preface -- 1 Intertemporal choice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Present-focused preferences: theoretical commonalities -- 2.1 Present-biased...

Reference-dependent preferences / Ted O'Donoghue, Charles Sprenger -- Psychology-based models of asset prices and trading volume / Nicholas Barberis -- Behavioral household finance / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian -- Behavioral corporate finance / Ulrike...

Front Cover -- Handbook of Behavioral Economics - Foundations and Applications 1 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to the Series -- Preface -- 1 Reference-Dependent Preferences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Expected Utility -- 2.1 Overview and some history -- 2.2 The EU model and...

The past decade has witnessed a decline in saving throughout the developed world—the United States has the dubious distinction of leading the way. The consequences can be serious. For individuals, their own economic security and that of their families is jeopardized. For society, inadequate...