U.S. economists may be barely holding on by their fingernails over the current state of the American economy, but strangely, ...

Behavioral economics pioneer Richard H. Thaler and Alex O. Imas offer a guide to better decision-making when the stakes are high.

Richard Thaler thinks retail investors shouldn't be trading individual stocks, and such trading is more like entertainment ...

While retirement and recordkeeping firms manage more than $40 trillion in assets, representing almost one-third of U.S. household financial wealth, a troubling disconnect persists: participant ...

Behavioral economics is a burgeoning field that examines the psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural, and social factors influencing economic decisions. In the context of household decisions ...

What makes us tip? A new study explores two main motives: genuine appreciation for the service and conformity with social ...

Gender and sex assigned at birth are not as decisive in economic decision-making as previously thought, a new study finds. A new study published in Scientific Reports is the first analysis of ...

In my most recent post, I made some predictions about what the world will look like in the year 2045. I wanted to follow that up with a comment on how I think this will make some parts of behavioral ...