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Homo Economicus
The term home describes a view of humans as self-interested agents with well-defined preferences who seek optimal, utility-maximizing outcomes. From their daily decisions. Behavioural economists are critical of the concept not least because of the effects of bounded rationality.
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Behavioural Economics Revision Quizzes
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Rational Decision Making and Consumer Welfare
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Rational Behaviour (Quizlet Revision Activity)
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Behavioural Economics - Key Cognitive Biases
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Heuristics (Behavioural Economics)
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Nudges in Action (Behavioural Economics)
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Coronavirus and Behavioural Economics
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What Happens When Economics Doesn’t Reflect the Real World?
15th January 2020
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Reasons to be cheerful about the 2019 Economics Nobel Winners
16th October 2019
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A* Evaluation on Information Failures
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Behavioural Economics (Quizlet Revision Activity)
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The Limits of Rational Economic Man
25th February 2019
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Assumptions in Economics
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Herd behaviour can be perfectly compatible with rationality
5th December 2018
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Utility Maximisation
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Behavioural and Neo-Classical Economics (Revision Essay Plan)
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Test 14: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on Utility Theory
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Behavioural Theory in Action (Behavioural Economics)
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What snowstorms tell us about economic behaviour
8th March 2018
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Behavioural Economics: Do Tube strikes make Londoners better off?
15th November 2017
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Pricing for diminishing marginal utility!
23rd October 2017
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How Richard Thaler Changed Economics
15th October 2017
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Behavioural Economics has a Nobel Moment
12th October 2017