Behavioral economics acknowledges that humans are not rational actors in economic decisions
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Behavioral economics demonstrates that humans systematically deviate from pure rationality in economic decision-making due to cognitive biases, bounded rationality, and emotional factors.
Evidence for · 5
Bounded Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and the Law
2017 · cited by 4
Paper 0 establishes that behavioral economics centers on bounded rationality and human limitations in decision-making.
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Methodology for investigating moderating relationships in cognitive biases within workplace decision-making.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 1 investigates how cognitive biases and situational stressors lead to non-uniform, non-rational decision-making in the workplace.
Adaptability factors and behavioral biases of investors in frontier markets: An adaptive market hypothesis perspective.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 3 utilizes the adaptive market hypothesis and bounded rationality to show how cognitive biases persist in financial markets.
Integrating emotional and cognitive biases in graded decision-making models: Insights from a theoretical case study in healthcare.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper 5 contrasts classical rational actor models with behavioral economics findings on systematic cognitive and emotional deviations.
The Consumer's Reservation Price as an Adaptive Aspiration Level.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 6 contrasts neoclassical assumptions with behavioral economic findings that reservation prices are influenced by extraneous factors rather than purely rational calculations.