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Gert G. Wagner Recommends “Homo Ignorans: Deliberately Choosing Not to Know” by Ralph Hertwig and Christoph Engel

Author : Gert G. Wagner

Published in: 21st Century Economics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

For decades, economics ignored psychological traits and mechanisms. Cognitive psychology offers economists more than just “nudging”. It also offers “boosting,” which stresses the possibility to foster extant competencies. Boosting helps people get closer to the rational agents populating economic models. But psychology also deals with deliberately choosing not to know, introducing the Homo Ignorans.

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Hertwig, R., & Engel, C. (2016). Homo ignorans: Deliberately choosing not to know. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(3), 359–372.CrossRef
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Title
Gert G. Wagner Recommends “Homo Ignorans: Deliberately Choosing Not to Know” by Ralph Hertwig and Christoph Engel
Author
Gert G. Wagner
Copyright Year
2019
Book
21st Century Economics

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-17739-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-17740-9

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17740-9_56