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Research in this field offers a glimpse into decision-making through the lens of human irrationality rather than dry mathematical models. We curate materials that analyze how cognitive biases, social attitudes, and emotions influence how we manage resources – from everyday purchases to global investment strategies. Instead of searching for the ideal «economic man», our authors explore real-world choice mechanisms, uncovering hidden mental traps and systematic errors.
Research proves that when making reasonable bets on independent events, the choice of what to bet on depends solely on the ratio of odds, not on your personal risk tolerance.
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Finance & Economics
Why do people overbid at some auctions, yet deliberately lowball their bids at others? It all comes down to the psychology of fear and the design of the game.
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Finance & Economics
A study on how to determine, from the individual actions of players, whether hidden coordination exists – and whether it can be exploited for profit.
A new study reveals that cryptocurrency markets defy the fundamental laws of equilibrium, and the culprits aren't errors in risk assessment, but rather more 'human' factors.
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Finance & Economics
Research shows: language models form economic expectations just as irrationally as humans do, prioritizing personal experience over official data.
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Finance & Economics
A study exploring how our reluctance to pay more tomorrow forces us to stay silent about small losses today, creating an invisible economy of things left unsaid.
Analyzing how Europe distributes farm subsidies, economists have found: the choice between efficiency and stability is really the choice between gambling and prudence.
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Finance & Economics
A sweeping analysis of labor market research reveals that our long-held beliefs about the minimum wage, the informal economy, and employer power are dramatically flawed.
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Finance & Economics
How machines decipher our hidden motives by observing behavior – from robotics to economics, where algorithms become archaeologists of human desire.
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