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Behavioral economics for cost-Benefit analysis : = benefit validity when sovereign consumers seem to make mistakes /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Behavioral economics for cost-Benefit analysis :/ David L. Weimer.
Reminder of title:	benefit validity when sovereign consumers seem to make mistakes /
Author:	Weimer, David Leo,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 167 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2017).
Subject:	Economics - Psychological aspects. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108178389
ISBN:	9781108178389 (ebook)

Behavioral economics for cost-Benefit analysis : = benefit validity when sovereign consumers seem to make mistakes /
Weimer, David Leo,

Behavioral economics for cost-Benefit analysis :benefit validity when sovereign consumers seem to make mistakes /David L. Weimer. - 1 online resource (x, 167 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2017).

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Neoclassical valuation principles for CBA; 3. Possible behavioral frameworks for CBA; 4. Risk perception and expected utility deviations; 5. Large deviations between WTP and WTA; 6. Non-exponential time discounting; 7. Harmful addictive consumption; 8. Practical guidelines for valuation.

How should policy analysts assess 'benefit validity' when behavioral anomalies appear relevant? David L. Weimer provides thoughtful answers through practical guidelines. Behavioral economists have identified a number of situations in which people appear not to behave according to the neoclassical assumptions underpinning welfare economics and its application to the assessment of the efficiency of proposed public policies through cost-benefit analysis. This book introduces the concept of benefit validity as a criterion for estimating benefits from observed or stated preference studies, and provides practical guidelines to help analysts accommodate behavioral findings. It considers benefit validity in four areas: violations of expected utility theory, unexpectedly large differences between willingness to pay and willingness to accept, non-exponential discounting, and harmful addiction. In addition to its immediate value to practicing policy analysts, it helps behavioral economists identify issues where their research programs can make practical contributions to better policy analysis.

ISBN: 9781108178389 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Economics
--Psychological aspects.

LC Class. No.: HB74.P8 / W44 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 330.01/9

Behavioral economics for cost-Benefit analysis : = benefit validity when sovereign consumers seem to make mistakes /
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