“经济学系列讲座”第53期：Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do

题目: “经济学系列讲座”第53期 Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do

主讲人：Lionel Page 昆士兰大学经济学教授，Journal of the Economic Science Association主编

时间： 2023年4月7日 13:00-14:00

线上： 腾讯会议号：882-229-269

会议链接：https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/mn7lIYJCHwVy

主持人： 张中祥 天津大学马寅初经济学院创院院长、卓越教授，国家能源、环境和产业经济研究院院长

报告简介

For a long time, economists have assumed that we were cold, self-centred, rational decision makers – so-called Homo economicus; the last few decades have shattered this view. The world we live in and the situations we face are of course rich and complex, revealing puzzling aspects of our behaviour. Optimally Irrational argues that our improved understanding of human behaviour shows that apparent ‘biases’ are good solutions to practical problems – that many of the ‘flaws’ identified by behavioural economics are actually adaptive solutions. Page delivers an ambitious overview of the literature in behavioural economics and, through the exposition of these flaws and their meaning, presents a unified theory of behaviouralism, cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology. He gathers theoretical and empirical evidence about the causes of behavioural ‘biases’ and proposes a big picture of what the discipline means for economics.

报告人简介

Lionel Page is a Professor of Economics at The University of Queensland. He joined UTS in 2019 as a full professor before moving to UQ. He is also the Director of UQ Behavioural and Economic Science Cluster.

His research interests are understanding how people make decisions, alone or in groups. His research links insights from economic theory (theory of decision and game theory) and from other behavioral sciences such as psychology. He now is the editor of Journal of the Economic Science Association.

His new book, “Optimally irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do” delivers an ambitious overview of the literature in behavioural economics and, through the exposition of these flaws and their meaning, presents a sort of unified theory of behaviouralism, cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology. He gathers theoretical and empirical evidence about the causes of behavioural ‘biases’ and proposes a big picture of what the discipline means for economics.