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1 online resource (viii, 247 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-239) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Part 1. Psychology and the foundations of public finance -- 1. Psychology and economics -- 2. Behavioral economics and public finance -- Part II. Behavioral economics and public finance in practice -- 4. Asymmetric information -- 5. Externalities and public goods -- 6. Poverty and inequality -- 7. Taxation and revenue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B. |
| Summary |
"Applies the psychological insights of behavioral economics to economic concepts such as moral hazard, deadweight loss, and incidence. Explores how deviations from the standard economic model of decisionmaking--imperfect optimization, bounded self-control, and nonstandard preferences--might affect public finance policy regarding externalities, information asymmetries, poverty, and taxes"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Finance, Public -- Psychological aspects.
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Finance, Public. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Economics -- Psychological aspects.
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Economics -- Psychological aspects. |
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Finance, Public -- Decision making.
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Finance, Public -- Decision making. |
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Human behavior -- Economic aspects.
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Human behavior -- Economic aspects. |
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Human behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kling, Jeffrey R.
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Mullainathan, Sendhil.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Congdon, William J. Policy and choice. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011 9780815704980 (DLC) 2010050542 (OCoLC)635492470 |
| ISBN |
9780815705017 (electronic book) |
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0815705018 (electronic book) |
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128300691X |
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9781283006910 |
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9780815704980 |
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0815704984 |
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