Who are the Behavioral Economists and What Do They Say?

Who are the Behavioral Economists and what do they say?

The most important financial source for behavioral economics is the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF). The most prominent behavioral economists among the RSF’s twentysix member Behavioral Economics Roundtable (BER) are Kahneman, Tversky, Thaler, Camerer, Loewenstein, Rabin, and Laibson. The theoretical core of behavioral economics made up of the work of these seven researchers is positioned in oppo...

Debt Maturity : What Do Economists Say ? What Do CFOs Say ?

Any homeowner who has shopped around for a mortgage would recognize many of the concerns facing the chief financial officer (CFo) puzzling over her firm’s optimal debt maturity. A CFo may ask, “Should my firm sell a long-term bond and lock in the current 30-year rate, or should my firm sell a five-year note and refinance in five years?” one of the CFo’s concerns is that the five-year loan may s...

Energy healers: who they are and what they do.

This paper surveys the landscape of energy healing, offering a taxonomy and conceptual overview of the work of practitioners. First, systems of energy healing are classified under four categories: an East Asian tradition, a Western professional tradition, a bioenergy tradition, and a contemporary metaphysical tradition. Examples of each are provided. Second, the possibility of core concepts in ...

Who are the doctor bloggers and what do they want?

Predoctoral directors: who are they and what do they do in these trying times?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine faces declining student interest and funding. Predoctoral directors will help lead efforts to overcome these challenges. Academic success will be important for predoctoral directors to be effective leaders in academic health centers. We therefore sought to describe predoctoral directors and factors associated with their academic success. METHODS We ca...