Allison Demeritt
Biographic Data
| ID | 2090329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allison Demeritt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allison |
| FAMILY NAME | Demeritt |
| SIGNATURE | DEMERITT A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Making of Behavioral Development Economics
A core insight of behavioral economics is that we are “fast thinkers”; very little human thinking resembles the rational, deliberate type that charac-terizes homo economicus. What is less well recognized is that our innate reliance on cognitive shortcuts means that mental models—categories, concepts, narratives, and worldviews—profoundly influence our decision making by unconsciously shaping what we perceive and the “toolbox” of strategies we dra…
“Small Miracles”—Behavioral Insights to Improve Development Policy
One of the most fruitful advances in modern economics has been the introduction of psychological realism into the model of "economic man." The World Development Report 2015 organizes the evidence about how humans actually think and make decisions into a coherent framework useful for designing development policy. This paper elaborates on the three principles of human thinking that constitute the report's intellectual framework: Human thinking is d…
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“Small Miracles”—Behavioral Insights to Improve Development Policy
One of the most fruitful advances in modern economics has been the introduction of psychological realism into the model of "economic man." The World Development Report 2015 organizes the evidence about how humans actually think and make decisions into a coherent framework useful for designing development policy. This paper elaborates on the three principles of human thinking that constitute the report's intellectual framework: Human thinking is d…
The Making of Behavioral Development Economics
A core insight of behavioral economics is that we are “fast thinkers”; very little human thinking resembles the rational, deliberate type that charac-terizes homo economicus. What is less well recognized is that our innate reliance on cognitive shortcuts means that mental models—categories, concepts, narratives, and worldviews—profoundly influence our decision making by unconsciously shaping what we perceive and the “toolbox” of strategies we dra…
Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Behavioral economics (1 work) · Behavioural economics (1 work) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (1 work) · Microeconomics (1 work) · Neoclassical economics (1 work)