Psychology can be improved by adding some economics

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-03-15

Summary:

On this blog I’ve occasionally written about the problems that arise when economists act as amateur psychologists. But the problem can go the other way, too. For example, consider this blog by Berit Brogaard and Kristian Marlow (link from Abbas Raza). Brogaard and Marlow give several amusing stories about ripoffs (a restaurant that scams customers [...]

Link:

http://andrewgelman.com/2013/02/10/psychology-can-be-improved-by-adding-some-economics/

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economics political science miscellaneous science

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:48

Date published:

02/10/2013, 11:57