Psychology and Economics
eScholarship (California Digital Library)Published 1 January 1997Open access
Matthew Rabin
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Keywords: behavioral economics, psychology This essay provides a perspective on the trend towards integrating psychology into economics. Some topics are discussed, and arguments are provided for why movement towards greater psychological realism in economics will improve mainstream economics. eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide. Working Paper No. E02-313
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