Daniel Kahneman and the concept of the true self

Sugden, Robert (2024) Daniel Kahneman and the concept of the true self. Behavioural Public Policy. ISSN 2398-063X (In Press)

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Abstract

This is a contribution to a collection of short essays about the work of the late Daniel Kahneman. My topic is Kahneman’s views about the implications for normative economics of the ‘anomalies’ found in behavioural studies of decision making – in particular, whether he implicitly assumed that individuals have context-independent ‘true’ preferences. I refer to a little-known comment by Kahneman on a paper by Charles Plott about ‘discovered preferences’, and report an email correspondence on the topic between Kahneman and me.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	kahneman,true self,true preference,discovered preference,economics, econometrics and finance(all),2*,a minor contribution to a symposium on the work of one of the founders of behavioural economics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Jul 2024 08:31
Last Modified:	22 Jul 2024 08:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95971
DOI:	issn:2398-063X

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