Exceptional Academic Behavior -- Reinhard Selten a Wanderer -- Encounters with Reinhard Selten: An Office Mate’s Report -- Reinhard Selten’s Frankfurt Years from the Perspective of a Co-player -- Reinhard Selten and the Scientific Climate in Frankfurt During the Fifties -- Reinhard Selten...

Behavioral operations management is a new and growing research field incorporating behavioral aspects of decision making into operations management models, challenging the assumption of fully rational decision makers. Behavioral aspects include risk-aversion, mental accounting, reference points,...

Economics has paid little attention to the psychology of economic behaviour, leading to somewhat simplistic assumptions about human nature. The psychological aspects have typically been reduced to standard utility theory, based on a narrow conception of rationality and self-interest...

This timely book makes a forceful argument that the analyses from behavioral economists are incomplete, the policies advocated by libertarian paternalists are misguided and unethical, and both actually reinforce the cognitive biases and dysfunctions that motivate 'nudges' in the first place. In...

Martin Hülsen explores individual behavioral trustworthiness of and within the banking industry in Germany based on an economic experiment combined with psychological instruments. He finds that bankers have a reputation for being untrustworthy. However, his evidence also shows that the true...

Introduction -- Supply chain coordination in case of asymmetric information -- On the impact of fixed cost reduction in the strategic lotsizing framework -- The impact of information sharing on the effectiveness of screening contracts: A first laboratory experiment -- The impact of contract...

An exploration of Friedrich Hayek's contribution to the foundation of behavioural economics, and how his work interacted with and complemented that of his contemporaries. Chapters include detailed discussions of the concept of rationality, psychology and Hayek's philosophical theories as well as...

Literature review and research gaps -- Empirical investigations: expectations as reference points, personality traits and their influence on reference point formation, managerial reference point formation -- Summary and discussion -- Outlook

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Demand, Technology, and the Theory of the Firm -- Chapter 3 Introductory Game Theory and Economic Information -- Chapter 4 Behavioral Economics -- Chapter 5 Perfect Competition and Market Imperfections -- Chapter 6 Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition --...