Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate they have voted for. Following Mullainathan and Washington (2009), I test this prediction by using exogenous variation in turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve...

Purpose - We develop insights about the psychological factors that contribute to lean’s success as a holistic and adaptive system. Design methodology/approach - We use the best-selling book Thinking, Fast and Slow (TFAS) (2011) by Nobel-prize winner Daniel Kahneman to provide a familiar lens...

Introduction -- Part I: An ordering of paths, well-being, and economics: how to make you, a chimp, or even a cactus, better off? -- Chapter 1: Economicus: assumptions of a neoclassical theory of behavior, and their implications— my take -- Chapter 2: Welfare (well-faring) economics as a theory...