A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for increased collaboration between behavioral economists and policymakers and examines the future research ...

The field of behavioral economics blends ideas from psychology and economics, and it can provide valuable insight that individuals are not behaving in their own best interests. Behavioral economics ...

Richard Thaler, a University of Chicago professor considered a founder of the field of behavioral economics, won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for his research using psychology and ...

Michelle Baddeley is Director and Research Professor at the Institute for Choice, University of South Australia. Today, it seems as though everyone is talking about behavioral economics. Governments ...

The year 2017 may turn out to be when behavioral economics entered the mainstream after a leading practitioner in the field won a Nobel prize for his work. Behavioral economics is the study of how ...