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ISBN
9780684844930
Book Title
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes - And How to Correct Them : Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral Economics
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
1999
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Gary Belsky, Thomas Gilovich
Genre
Business & Economics, Psychology
Topic
General, Economics / General, Movements / Behaviorism, Investments & Securities / General, Personal Finance / General
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0684844931
ISBN-13
9780684844930
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1146984

Product Key Features

Book Title
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes - And How to Correct Them : Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral Economics
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Economics / General, Movements / Behaviorism, Investments & Securities / General, Personal Finance / General
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Business & Economics, Psychology
Author
Gary Belsky, Thomas Gilovich
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Trade
LCCN
98-031145
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
332.024
Table Of Content
CONTENTS WHY SMART PEOPLE MAKE BIG MONEY MISTAKESAn introduction to the new science of behavioral economics.Chapter 1: NOT ALL DOLLARS ARE CREATED EQUALHow "mental accounting" can help you save or cost you money.Chapter 2: WHEN SIX OF ONE ISN'T HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHERHow "loss aversion" and the "sunk cost fallacy" lead you to throw good money after bad.Chapter 3: THE DEVIL THAT YOU KNOWHow the "status quo bias" and the "endowment effect" make financial choices difficult.Chapter 4: NUMBER NUMBNESS"Money illusion," "bigness bias," and other ways that ignorance about math and probabilities can hurt you.Chapter 5: ANCHORS AWEIGHWhy "anchoring" and "confirmation bias" lead you to make important money decisions based on unimportant information.Chapter 6: THE EGO TRAP"Overconfidence" and the price of thinking that you know more than you do.Chapter 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 INCOMEAcknowledgments
LC Classification Number
HG179.B375 1999

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