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three aspects of behavioralists
1)opportunity costs
2)Sunk costs
3) unrealistic about future tendencies
behavioral economics
the study or psychology as it relates to the economic decision making of individuals and institutions
what is opportunity costs
the potential forgone profit from a missed opportunity (what you give up)
sunk costs
money that has already been spent and cannot be recovered, ‘Spend money to make money” is reflected by sunk costs. Sunk costs are excluded from future costs that a business may face
what does it mean to be unrealistic about future behavior
Consumers selectively (but unwittingly) test the hypothesis that they will behave ideally. Too optimistic.
according to behavior economists what do consumers fail to ignore
sunk costs