The Economics of Multitasking

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalenkoski, Charlene M. (Editor), Foster, Gigi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Behavioral economics.; Microeconomics.; Macroeconomics.; Labor economics.; Economics.; Behavioral/Experimental Economics.; Labor Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.

People regularly multitask, though we have been warned about the mental costs of "task-switching" in psychology and the popular press. Meanwhile, economists have remained silent on the possible economic ramifications – both good and bad – of producers and/or consumers doing more than one t...