The Economics of Self-Destructive Choices

• Main Author: Ikeda, Shinsuke (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, 10
• Subjects: Economics.; Management science.; Economics, general.

Based on recent advances in economics, especially those in behavioral economics, this book elucidates theoretically and empirically the mechanism of time-inconsistent decision making that leads to various forms of self-destructive behavior. The topics include over-eating and obesity, over-spending,...

Table of Contents:

• 1 The Paradox of Self-Destructive Choices
• 2 Varying Impatience
• 3 Hyperbolic discounting and Self-Destructive Behaviors
• 4 Self-Control Problems Of The Dual Self
• 5 Overborrowing, Overeating and Addictive Behavior
• 6 Coping with Self-Destructive Behavior.