Traditionally focused on external constraints, economists are increasingly recognizing the
importance of internal constraints that reflect perceptions as much as reality. Perceived self …

This article provides a critical review of the literature pertaining to self-confidence and
advances the argument of the need to separate the construct into its general and specific …

Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress,
Reader's Edition Page 1 Creating a Learning Society KENNETH J. ARROW LECTURE SERIES …

This paper is an attempt to broaden economic discourse by importing insights into human
behavior not just from psychology, but also from sociology and anthropology. Whereas in …

Some firms say they care about the well-being and “happiness” of their employees. But are
such claims hype or scientific good sense? We provide evidence, for a classic piece rate …

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or
rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases …

A detailed analysis of 49 firms subject to AAERs suggests that approximately one-quarter of
the misstatements meet the legal standards of intent. In the remaining three quarters, the …

We study processing and acquisition of objective information regarding qualities that people
care about, intelligence and beauty. Subjects receiving negative feedback did not respect …

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS increases the explanatory power of economics by providing it
with more realistic psychological foundations. This book consists of representative recent …

In this paper we distinguish between two types of white lies: those that help others at the
expense of the person telling the lie, which we term altruistic white lie s, and those that help …