Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides a selective review of recent work in behavioral
finance. Modern finance assumes that the study of substantively rational solutions to …

We live in a dynamic economic and commerical world, surrounded by objects of remarkable
complexity and power. In many industries, changes in products and technologies have …

This famous passage from Marshall's Principles of Economics (it first appeared in the fifth
edition which came out in 1907) nicely brings out two issues, which are as germane to …

Much research in the last 2 decades has demonstrated that humans deviate from normative
models of decision making and rational judgment. In 4 studies involving 954 participants, the …

A sample of 349 college students completed an argument evaluation test (AET) in which
they evaluated arguments concerning real-life situations. A separate regression analysis …

This volume mounts a full-blown attack on the standard neo-classical theory of economic
growth, which Richard Nelson sees as hopelessly inadequate to explain the phenomenon of …

▪ Abstract The occurrence of U-shaped dose-response relationships (often termed hormesis)
has been documented in numerous biological, toxicological, and pharmacological …

Self-control, so important in the theory and practice of psychology, has usually been
understood introspectively. This target article adopts a behavioral view of the self (as an …

Emerging technologies such as the Internet and biotechnology have the potential to create
new industries and transform existing ones. Incumbent firms, despite their superior …