Judgments, decisions, and public policy/ edited by Rajeev Gowda and Jeffrey C. Fox - 1st edt. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. - 372 p. - Cambridge series on judgment and decision making .

Part I. The Fundamentals of Behavioral Decision Theory:
1. Judgment and decision making: extrapolations and applications Chris Swoyer;
2. Some morals of a theory of non-rational choice Douglas MacLean;
3. Cognition, intuition, and policy guidelines Eldar Shafir;

Part II. Economic Applications and Contrasts:
4. Policy analysis and design with losses valued more than gains, and varying rates of time preference Jack L. Knetsch;
5. Comparing micro and macro rationality Robert J. MacCoun;
6. Bounded rationality versus standard utility-maximization: a test of energy 'price' responsiveness Lee S. Friedman;

Part III. Applications to Political and Legal Processes and Institutions:
7. Judgmental heuristics and news reporting Sharon Dunwoody and Robert J. Griffin;
8. A behavioral approach to political advertising research Jeffrey C. Fox and Rick Farmer;
9. Toward behavioral law and economics Cass R. Sunstein; Part IV. Other Policy Applications:
10. Enhancing the effectiveness of innovative policy instruments: the implications of behavioral decision theory for right-to-know policies Rajeev Gowda;
11. Behavioral perceptions and policies toward the environment Anthony Patt and Richard J. Zeckhauser;
12. The affect heuristic: implications for understanding and managing risk-induced stigma Howard Kunreuther and Paul Slovic;
13. Enlarging the pie by accepting small losses for large gains Jonathan Baron and Max H. Bazerman;

Part V. Commentary and Cautionary Note:
14. The virtues of cognitive humility: for us as well as them Philip E. Tetlock.

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