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    Behavioral Law and Economics by Sunstein, Cass R.;

    Series: Cambridge Series on Judgment and Decision Making;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 28 March 2000

    • ISBN 9780521661355
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages448 pages
    • Size 229x152x29 mm
    • Weight 830 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 42 b/w illus. 29 tables
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    Short description:

    Analyzes law with reference to new findings in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics.

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    Long description:

    This exciting volume marks the birth of a new field, one which attempts to study law with reference to an accurate understanding of human behavior. It reports new findings in cognitive psychology which show that people are frequently both unselfish and over-optimistic; that people have limited willpower and limited self-control; and that people are 'boundedly' rational, in the sense that they have limited information-processing powers, and frequently rely on mental short-cuts and rules of thumb. Understanding this behavior has large-scale implications for the analysis of law, in areas including environmental protection, taxation, constitutional law, voting behavior, punitive damages for civil rights violations, labor negotiations, and corporate finance. With a better knowledge of human behavior, it is possible to predict the actual effects of law, to see how law can promote society's goals, and to reassess the questions of what law should be doing.

    "Human psychology is complicated. The law and economics paradigm traditionally has treated it as simple. This volume splendidly marshals leading works by scholars whoin pursuit of realism--seek to add complexity to the traditional paradigm. A significant landmark in the field of law and social science." Robert C. Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction Cass R. Sunstein; Part I. Overviews and Prospects: 1. A behavioral approach to law and economics Christine Jolls, Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Thaler; Part II. Heuristics and Biases: Shortcuts, Errors and Legal Decisions: 2. Context-dependence in legal decision making Mark Kelman, Yuval Rottenstreich and Amos Tversky; 3. A positive psychological theory of judging in hindsight Jeffrey J. Rachlinski; 4. Behavioral economics, contract formation, and contract law Russell Korobkin; 5. Organized illusions: a behavioral theory of why corporations mislead stock market investors (and cause other social harms) Donald C. Langevoort; 6. Reluctance to vaccinate: omission bias and ambiguity Ilana Ritov and Jonathan Baron; 7. Second-order decisions Cass R. Sunstein and Edna Ullmann-Margalit; Part III. Valuation: Values and Dollars in the Legal System: 8. Experimental tests of the endowment effect and the cause theorem Daniel J. Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch and Richard H. Thaler; 9. Assessing punitive damages (with notes on cognition and valuation in law) Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel J. Kahneman and David Schkade; 10. Framing the jury: cognitive perspective on pain and suffering award Edward J. McCaffery, Daniel J. Kahneman and Matthew L. Spitzer; 11. Behavioral economic analysis of redistributive legal rules Christine Jolls; 12. Do parties to nuisance cases bargain after judgment? A glimpse inside the cathedral Ward Fransworth; Part IV. The Demand for Law: Why Law Is As It Is: 13. Some implications of cognitive psychology for risk regulation Roger G. Noll and James E. Krier; 14. Explaining bargaining impasse: the role of self-serving biases Linda Babcock and George Loewenstein; 15. Controlling availability cascades Timur Kuran and Cass R. Sunstein; 16. Cognitive theory and tax Edward J. McCaffery.

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