Behavioral Economics and Retirement Well-being in Asia

Finance India;  December 1, 2003 ;   Asher, Mukul G;   787 words ...Abstract In recent years, insights from behavioral economics, which incorporates observed behavior...PAPER ANALYZES the implications of behavioral economics on retirement well-being in Asia...brief discussion of the nature of behavioral economics is provided. This is followed by...

Behavioral Economics, Food Assistance, and Obesity

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review;  October 1, 2006 ;   Just, David R;   787 words ......versus policies engaging behavioral economics and psychology. Key Words: food assistance, behavioral economics, food insecurity, obesity...these policies, based on behavioral economics, avoid interventions that...

Dismal science grabs a couch.(behavioral economics)

Newsweek;  April 10, 1995 ;   Levinson, Marc;   787 words ......seeking help from psychology. Known as behavioral economics, this controversial combination...rates could increase tax revenue. Behavioral economics is more modest in its claims. It...it a return to sanity. How does behavioral economics apply outside the ivory tower? Consider...

behavioral economics

Dictionary of the Social Sciences;    Craig Calhoun;   184 words ...behavioral economics A field concerned with the...social status. A large branch of behavioral economics explores the concept of bounded...making. Much of the field of behavioral economics has been shaped by controlled...

Behavioral economics, power, rational inefficiencies, fuzzy sets, and...

Journal of Economic Issues;  September 1, 2005 ;   Altman, Morris;   787 words ......theory and the various variants of behavioral economics is that to behavioral economics assumptions matter substantively...Simon 1987a, 1987b). In addition, behavioral economics explicitly recognizes the importance...

The Principal Introduces Personalized Rate of Return; 401(k) Plan Members...

PR Newswire;  September 10, 1999 ;     574 words ......personalized rate of return calculated for plan members both by investment option and for the...Principal updates information daily for plan members. Personalized Rate of Return is just...way The Principal makes it easier for plan members to get information about their retirement...

Behavioral economics may be worth looking into

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  February 25, 2007 ;   Gregory M. Drahuschak;   690 words ......better for introducing the concept of behavioral economics in his 1759 book, "The Theory of...to be learned from the study of behavioral economics are mostly ignored. A wide range...behavior can be explained by subsets of behavioral economics. For example, why when faced with...

Regulation for conservatives: behavioral economics and the case for...

University of Pennsylvania Law Review;  January 1, 2003 ;   Camerer, Colin Issacharoff, Samuel Loewenstein, George O'Donoghue, Ted Rabin, Matthew;   787 words ......candy for dinner. Recent research in behavioral economics has identified a variety of decision-maki...paternalistic policies based on behavioral economics, this paper argues that more discipline...legal analysis of developments in behavioral economics. By cataloging a list of ...

Behavioral economics and institutional innovation.(Distinguished Guest...

Southern Economic Journal;  October 1, 2005 ;   Shiller, Robert J.;   787 words ......address is the importance of behavioral economics in bringing economic ideas to successful results. Behavioral economics is really the application...psychology--to economics. Behavioral economics is central to institutional...

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, OVERINDEBTEDNESS & COMPARATIVE CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY:...

Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal;  October 1, 2005 ;   Kilborn, Jason J;   787 words ......economic analysis of law called "behavioral economics."8 This new analytical approach...I join commentators12 in arguing behavioral economics can explain some of the reasons...in Part II that we should look to behavioral economics to assess whether the consumer bankruptcy...

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS PROFESSORS JOIN BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 14, 2006 ;     258 words ......elected to the board of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), an international association of scholars who...of Socio-Economics, a leading journal in the field of behavioral economics. Eckel's research is in the area of experimental economics...

NexgenRx Announces Signing of Agreement Regarding 250,000 Plan Members.

Canadian Corporate News;  November 3, 2006 ;     295 words ......related services for approximately 250,000 plan members. Services to be provided by the Corporation...on the prior claiming history of the plan members) of approximately 40,000 per month...for the benefit of their employees and plan members. NexgenRx provides an efficient, ...

Prilosec OTC Free Coupons Are Made Available to Qualifying Humana Health...

PR Newswire;  September 25, 2003 ;     445 words ......25 /PRNewswire/ -- Humana Inc. health plan members who take prescription medication for...Humana's goal is to provide its health plan members with the latest information and access...money. In a telephone survey of health plan members conducted in July 2003 following the...

CIGNA enlists in the war against obesity.(two programs aimed for...

National Underwriter Life & Health;  February 7, 2005 ;   Bell, Allison;   316 words ......to get serious about helping health plan members cope with weight problems. CIGNA Corp...programs aimed at both normal-weight health plan members and members who already weigh more than...A wellness program for normal-weight plan members. * A weight-loss program that combines...

What's available? Social influences and behavioral economics

Northwestern University Law Review;  April 1, 2003 ;   Sunstein, Cass R;   787 words ......far better understanding of the relationship between behavioral economics and law if we investigate the connection between behavioral...Well-organized private groups, showing a working knowledge of behavioral economics and a willingness to exploit it for their benefit, play...