Executive summary Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural
systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly …

In flood risk management, a shift can be observed toward more integrated approaches that
increasingly address the role of private households in implementing flood damage …

We investigate the relationship between violence and economic risk preferences in
Afghanistan combining:(i) a two-part experimental procedure identifying risk preferences …

In 2008, the behavioral economist Richard Thaler and the legal scholar Cass Sunstein
published a book in which they advocated a novel approach to public policy based on the …

Virtually all current theories of choice under risk or uncertainty are cognitive and
consequentialist. They assume that people assess the desirability and likelihood of possible …

This paper discusses the discounted utility (DU) model: its historical development,
underlying assumptions, and “anomalies”-the empirical regularities that are inconsistent with …

The idea for this book came from the time the authors spent at the Statistics and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina …

This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We
examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life …

John Dupré explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their
relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and …

One of the most influential ideas in the past 30 years is the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, the
idea that market prices incorporate all information rationally and instantaneously. However …