The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) and behavioral finance (BF) form the blame-hope axis of the ongoing soul-searching exercise in economics, which frequently refers to the ‘Chicago School' and the ideological division between ‘freshwater' and ‘saltwater' universities. Citation analysis...

Behavioral economics characterizes decision-makers using psychologically-informed models. Cognitive science produces psychologically-informed models. Why don't these disciplines talk more? Here, the author presents several arguments for why cognitive science should inform behavioral economics -...

Behavioral economics aspires to replace the agents of neoclassical economics with living, breathing human beings. Here, the author argues that behavioral economics, like its neoclassical counterpart, often neglects the role of active sense-making that motivates and guides much human behavior....