Handbook of Research Methods in Behavioural Economics

Edited by Morris Altman, Dean, University of Dundee School of Business, and Chair Professor of Behavioural and Institutional Economics and Co-operatives, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

• Contents: 1. Morris Altman: IntroductionPART I BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS METHODS IN GENERAL2. Gerrit Antonides: Behavioral economic methods3. Steve J. Bickley , and Benno Torgler: Behavioural Economics, What Have We Missed?”4. Exploring “Classical” Behavioural Economics Roots in AI, Cognitive Psychology, andComplexity Theory5. Beryl Chang: Assumptions in Economic Modeling: How Behavioral Economics Can EnlightenPART II REAL WORLD ECONOMICS6. Gigi Foster and Paul Frijters: RealEconomik: Using the messy human experience to driveclean theoretical advance in economics7. Pascal Moliner and Patrick Rateau: The common-sense economyPART III BEHAVIOURAL MACROEOCNOMICS8. Michelle Baddeley: Behavioural Methods for Macroeconomics: Modelling Investment9. Tobias F. Rötheli: The Business Cycle and the Cycles of Behavioral EconomicsPART IV BEHAVIOURAL LABOUR ECONOMICS AND THE THEORY OF THE FIRM10. Morris Altman: Behavioural Labour Economics11. Sodany Tong: Some Implications of X-efficiency Theory for the Role of Managerial Qualityas a Key Determinant of Firm Performance and Productivity12. Morris Altman: Behavioural Theories of the Firm with a Focus on X-Efficiency andEffort Discretion: Implications for AnalysisPART V MONEY AND BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS13. Agata Gasiorowska & Tomasz Zaleskiewicz: The Psychology of Money14. Tomasz Zaleskiewicz & Agata Gasiorowska: Taking Financial Advice: Going Beyond MakingGood DecisionsPART VI BEHAVIOURAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH ECONOMICS15. Hannah Rachel Josepha Altman and Morris Altman; Bounded Rationality, Imperfect andCostly Information and Sub-optimal Outcomes in the Sports and Health and FitnessIndustries16. Nazmi Sari: Empirical methods and methodological developments in economics of healthand health behavior: A discussion of theory and applications17. David A. Savage and Derek Friday: The Behavioural Impact of Pandemics: IncompleteMarkets and the Supply ChainPART VII ‘EMOTIONS’ AND MORALS, AND BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS18. Jefferson Arapoc: Economics of Trust: its nature, measures, determinants, and application19. Roger Frantz: Intuition and Behavioral Economics. A Very Brief History20. Natalia V. Czap and Hans J Czap: Conserve the Planet, NOT Empathy! Revising the EmpathyConservation Framework21. Shinji Teraji: Behavioral Economics of Morality and Sustainability22. Alexis V. Belianin: Antisocial punishmentPART VIII EVALUATION AND FORMATION OF BELIEFS AND PREFERENCES23. Fang-Fang Tang : Auction Methods of Valuation and the Endowment Effect24. David Leiser: Statistical approaches to the analysis of belief patterns25. Matthew G. Nagler: Motivated Preferences26. Mina Mahmoudi, Mark Pingle, Rattaphon Wuthisatian: Might Ambiguity Exist When NoneSeems to Exist?PART IX BEHAVIOURAL APPROACHES TO POLICY27. Irene Mussio and Angela C.M. de Oliveira: Norms, networks, nudges: non-traditionalapproaches to improve healthy behaviors28. Noah V. Peters and Lucia A. Reisch: Bridging Psychology and Sociology: Towards a Socio-ecological Perspective in Behavioural Economics and PolicyIndex

‘The chapters of this Handbook take us beyond the now familiar areas of behavioural economics research and give attention to a wider range of methods and further applications of the findings – a much needed help in the many fields, such as environmental and health economics, in which the usefulness of these findings is just beginning to be realized.’