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Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics is a research topic within General Decision Sciences. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of psychology and economics, focusing on behavioral economics and decision making. It covers topics such as risk aversion, time discounting, heuristic decision making, the influence of emotion on choices, cognitive reflection, prospect theory, nudging, and the anchoring effect.

  • Risk Aversion
  • Decision Making
  • Time Discounting
  • Heuristic
  • Emotion
  • Cognitive Reflection
  • Delay Discounting
  • Prospect Theory
  • Nudging
  • Anchoring Effect
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
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