1. Rethinking thinking.
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RATIONAL expectations (Economic theory) , *ECONOMIC forecasting , *HUMAN behavior , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Considers the irrational aspects of human behavior, and the development of economists' efforts to understand and predict it. Development of economic rationalism and the efficient markets hypothesis; Behavioral traits identified by experimental psychologists that affect rationality, including regret, cognitive disonance, magical thinking and others; Incorporation of real behavior into economic models.
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- 1999