The law and economics of irrational behavior / edited by Francesco Parisi and Vernon L. Smith.
| Other author | Parisi, Francesco, 1962- |
| Other author | Smith, Vernon L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, Stanford University Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xvi, 613 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Departures from rational choice : with and without regret / Robert Frank -- Is the mind irrational or ecologically rational? / Gerd Gigerenzer -- Lessons from neuroeconomics for the law / Kevin McCabe, Vernon Smith, and Terrence Chorvat -- Treating yourself instrumentally : internalization, rationality and law / Robert Cooter -- Addition, choice and irrationalit[y] / Ole Skog -- Revenge and retaliation / Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi -- What makes trade possible? / Elizabeth Hoffman, Kevin McCabe, and Vernon Smith -- Satisfaction and learning : an experimental game to measure happiness / Marco Novarese and Salvatore Rizzello -- The market for laughter / F.H. Buckley -- The jurisprudence of craziness / Stephen Morse -- On law enforcement with boundedly rational actors / Christine Jolls -- The biology of irrationality : crime and the contingency of deterrence / Michael O'Neill -- Analyzing illicit drug markets when dealers act with limited rationality / Jonathan Caukins and Robert J. MacCoun -- On the psychology of punishment / Cass Sunstein -- Some well-aged wines for the "new norms" bottles : implications of social psychology for law and economics / Yuval Feldman and Robert MacCoun -- Human fallibility and the forms of law : the case of traffic safety / Thomas Ulen -- The free radicals of tort / Mark Grady -- Probability errors : some positive and normative implications for tort and contract law / Eric Posner -- Threatening an irrational breach of contract / Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar -- Regulating irrational exuberance and anxiety in securities markets / Peter Huang -- In praise of investor irrationality / Jeffrey Rachlinski and Gregory LeBlanc. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-588) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004021322 |
| ISBN | 0804751439 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804751447 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | K487.E3 L3875 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |