Behavioral economics

The University of Chicago is a leader in the field of behavioral economics, applying insights from psychology to problems in economics through the groundbreaking research of faculty including Richard Thaler, the "father of behavioral economics" and the 2017 Nobel Prize winner in Economics.

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Becoming a Behaviorialist: A Conversation with Richard Thaler

Leading behavioral economist Richard Thaler, the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, talks about how he found his way into this then-nonexistent field and how he came to study irrational economi...