Nobel Prize winning economist Richard Thaler tells people to “nudge for good” — not everyone follows his advice.

Economics Nobel winner Thaler shed light on how real people behave University of Chicago scholar Richard Thaler was honored with the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics for his work questioning ...

Health economic evaluation is increasingly crucial for determining the optimal allocation of healthcare resources and ...

John Ifcher teaches courses in microeconomics, behavioral economics, the economics of the public sector, and the economics of poverty and income inequality. His recent research focuses on decision ...

Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of Chicago. As the economist lectured on human capital theory, a concept he’d ...

The advent of generative AI brings to the forefront many novel and complex legal questions related to fair use and copyright ...

Angelina is taught the rules of good behavior for kids in art museum and play hide and seek game with guard Danny!

An important reinforcement is what Richard Feynman called “the pleasure of finding things out.” This appears to be a biological reinforcement, meaning there’s survival value in hardwiring infants to ...

Hersh Shefrin holds the Mario Belotti Chair in the Department of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business. Professor Shefrin is a pioneer in behavioral finance. He has published ...

Consumer behavior—or how people buy and use goods and services—is a rich field of psychological research, particularly for companies trying to sell products to as many potential customers as ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson attacked Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) for interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference on Thursday. Padilla identified himself as a U.S. senator ...