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Why smart people make big money mistakes--and how to correct them : lessons from the new science of behavioral economics / Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich.
- Title
- Why smart people make big money mistakes--and how to correct them : lessons from the new science of behavioral economics / Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich.
- Author
- Belsky, Gary.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Gilovich, Thomas.
- Description
- 220 p.; 25 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Why smart people make big money mistakes & how to correct them
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1999.
- "A Fireside book."
- Contents
- Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes: An introduction to the new science of behavioral economics -- Ch. 1. Not all Dollars are Created Equal: How "mental accounting" can help you save or cost you money -- Ch. 2. When Six of One isn't Half a Dozen of the other: How "loss aversion" and the "sunk cost fallacy" lead you to throw good money after bad -- Ch. 3. The Devil that you Know: How the "status quo bias" and the "endowment effect" make financial choices difficult -- Ch. 4. Number Numbness: "Money illusion," "bigness bias," and other ways that ignorance about math and probabilities can hurt you -- Ch. 5. Anchors Aweigh: Why "anchoring" and "confirmation bias" lead you to make important money decisions based on unimportant information -- Ch. 6. The Ego Trap: "Overconfidence" and the price of thinking that you know more than you do -- Ch. 7. I Herd it through the Grapevine: "Information cascades" and the danger of relying too much on the financial moves of others. Conclusion: Now what?: Principles to ponder and steps to take -- Postscript: Psychic Income.
- ISBN
- 0684859386 (pbk.)
- 9780684859385 (pbk.)
- 0684844931
- 9780684844930
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries