[Judgment Misguided: Intuition and Error in Public Decision Making] [Author: Baron, Jonathan] [May, 1998]

by Jonathan Baron, Unknown Author

Hardcover

About the author

Jonathan Baron is professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies intuitions and judgment biases that impede maximization of utility (good) by democratic government. These include parochialism, the act-omission distinction, moralistic values, and the isolation effect. Relevant rubrics are Behavioral Public Finance, Behavioral Public Economics, and Behavioral Law and Economics. He is also interested in experimentation and data analysis.