trustme.bro/r/…
✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim

Behavioral economics acknowledges that humans are not rational actors in economic decisions

the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
Recorded sources
5 sources for · 0 against

Counts group repeated records of the same source within each side. They do not measure evidence strength or source independence.

Behavioral economics demonstrates that humans systematically deviate from pure rationality in economic decision-making due to cognitive biases, bounded rationality, and emotional factors.

The analysis

The claim that behavioral economics acknowledges that humans are not rational actors is a core tenet of the field, supported uniformly by the retrieved literature discussing bounded rationality, cognitive biases, and departures from classical rational actor models.

Evidence for · 5
Bounded Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and the Law
Recorded source metadata

Christine Jolls. Bounded Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and the Law. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199684267.013.005

Paper 0 establishes that behavioral economics centers on bounded rationality and human limitations in decision-making.

See more details
More for · 4
Methodology for investigating moderating relationships in cognitive biases within workplace decision-making.
Recorded source metadata

Ohms B. Methodology for investigating moderating relationships in cognitive biases within workplace decision-making.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1705404

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.
Recorded source metadata

Jannatunnesa J, Mahdzan NS, Md Noman AH. Adaptability factors and behavioral biases of investors in frontier markets: An adaptive market hypothesis perspective.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345883

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.
Recorded source metadata

Cati MM. Integrating emotional and cognitive biases in graded decision-making models: Insights from a theoretical case study in healthcare.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105915

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.
Recorded source metadata

van Baal S. The Consumer's Reservation Price as an Adaptive Aspiration Level.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16030421

Paper 6 contrasts neoclassical assumptions with behavioral economic findings that reservation prices are influenced by extraneous factors rather than purely rational calculations.

The paper trail · every fact has a biography
first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 7901 Aug 2026
Anyone with this link can read the claim and its public receipt, including any personal information in that text. Open permanent receipt.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
Requests are recorded for review. This does not start an automatic check or guarantee a response time.
trust me, bro: win the argument, pass the class, survive peer review.

Citation formatting by citeproc-js (Frank Bennett) and the Citation Style Language project. Source and licenses.

This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work · Dispute this receipt