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The irrational economist : making decisions in a dangerous world
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The irrational economist : making decisions in a dangerous world

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Superstition : a common irrationality? / Thomas Schelling
Berserk weather forecasters, beauty contests, and delicious apples on Wall Street / George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
Subways, coconuts, and foggy minefields : an approach to studying future-choice decisions / Robin M. Hogarth
The more who die, the less we care / Paul Slovic
Haven't you switched to risk management 2.0 yet? : moving toward a new risk architecture / Erwann Michel-Kerjan
A two-edged sword : implications of decision psychology for decision analysis / Paul J.H. Schoemaker
Constructed preference and the quest for rationality / David H. Krantz
What if you know you will have to explain your choices to others afterwards? : legitimation in decision making / Paul R. Kleindorfer
Neuroeconomics : measuring cognition and brain activity during economic decision making / Colin F. Camerer
The useful brain : how neuroeconomics might change our views on rationality and a couple of other things / Olivier Oullier
Virgin versus experienced risks / Carolyn Kousky, John Pratt, and Richard Zeckhauser
How do we manage an uncertain future? : ambiguity today is not ambiguity tomorrow / Ayse Onculer
Dreadful possibilities, neglected probabilities / Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Zeckhauser
Why we still fail to learn from disasters / Robert Meyer
Dumb decisions or as smart as the average politician? : economic and behavioral explanations for insurance demand / Mark V. Pauly
The hold-up problem : why it is urgent to rethink the economics of disaster insurance protection / W. Kip Viscusi
The peculiar politics of american disaster policy : how television has changed federal relief / David Moss
Catastrophe insurance and regulatory reform after the subprime mortgage crisis / Dwight M. Jaffee
Toward financial stability : lessons from catastrophe reinsurance / Kenneth A. Froot
Economic theory and the financial crisis : how inefficient incentives can lead to catastrophes / Kenneth Arrow
Environmental politics : are you a conservative? / Geoffrey Heal
Act now, later, or never? : the challenges of managing long-term risks / Christian Gollier
Climate change : insuring risk and changes in risk / Neil Doherty
International social protection in the face of climate change : developing insurance for the poor / Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer
Are we making a difference? / Baruch Fischhoff
Thinking clearly : the importance of training policy makers in decision sciences / Ralph L. Keeney
Decision making : a view on tomorrow / Howard Raiffa
Influential social science, risks, and disasters : a view from the national science foundation / Robert O'Connor and Dennis E. Wenger
Reflections and guiding principles for dealing with societal risks / Howard Kunreuther.

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