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ISBN 13 : 978-0-06-208644-0

Contents : Introduction Lessons from Procrastination and Medical Side Effects
Hepatitis and procrastination
The movie treatment
What we should do and behavioral economics
From food to incompatible design
Taking irrationality into account

Part I The unexpected ways we defy logic at work

Chapter 1 Paying More for Less: Why Big Bonuses Don't Always Work
Chapter 2 The Meaning of Labor: What Legos Can Teach Us about the Joy of Work
Chapter 3 The IKEA Effect: Why We Overvalue What We Make
Chapter 4 The Not-Invented-Here Bias: Why "My" Ideas Are Better than "Yours"
Chapter 5 The Case for Revenge: What Makes Us Seek Justice?

Part II The unexpected ways we defy logic at home

Chapter 6 On Adaptation: Why We Get Used to Things (but Not All Things, and Not Always)
Chapter 7 Hot or Not? Adaptation, Assortative Mating, and the Beauty Market
Chapter 8 When a Market Fails: An Example from Online Dating
Chapter 9 On Empathy and Emotion: Why We Respond to One Person Who Needs Help but Not to Many
Chapter 10 The Long-Term Effects of Short-Term Emotions: Why We Shouldn't Act on Our Negative Feelings
Chapter 11 Lessons from Our Irrationalities: Why We Need to Test Everything
Thanks
List of Collaborators
Notes
Bibliography and Additional Readings
Index

Language : English

Place of publishing : SAN FRANCISCO

Location : Nice Library

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque