The Winner's Curse
behavioral economics anomalies then and now
$52.00
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2026
Summary
The Winner’s Curse: Unraveling Behavioral Economics in the Modern Age
Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler and rising star economist Alex Imas explore behavioral economics in this fully updated edition of the seminal work The Winner’s Curse.
Why do people cooperate with one another when they have no (selfish) motivation to do so? Why do we hold onto possessions of little value? And why is the winner of an auction so often disappointed?
In the original 1992 vers…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241789681 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241789680 |
| Author: | Richard H. Thaler, Alex O. Imas |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Allen Lane |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Richard H. Thaler
Richard H. Thaler (Author)
Richard H. Thaler received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He is a distinguished service professor of economics and behavioral science at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Cass Sunstein) and the author of Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics.
Alex O. Imas (Author)
Alex O. Imas is Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He is the recipient of the 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the Review of Financial Studies Rising Scholar Award, the New Investigator Award from the Behavioral Science and Policy Association, the Hillel Einhorn New Investigator Award from the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Behavioral Economics at Carnegie Mellon University.
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