A Sense of Mission: The Alfred P. Sloan and Russell Sage Foundations’ Behavioral Economics Program, 1984-1992

Heukelom, Floris

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1814927

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A Sense of Mission: The Alfred P. Sloan and Russell Sage Foundations’ Behavioral Economics Program, 1984-1992

Floris Heukelom

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April 15, 2011

Abstract:
The major catalyst of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky’s work in economics was the behavioral economics program of the Sloan and Russell Sage Foundations, which ran from 1984 to 1992. The paper first introduces the Sloan and Sage foundations and the background of the main protagnists involved. Subsequently, it explores the behavioral economics program from start to finish.

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Keywords: Behavioral economics, Foundations, History of economics

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Date posted: April 20, 2011 ; Last revised: April 23, 2011

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Heukelom, Floris, A Sense of Mission: The Alfred P. Sloan and Russell Sage Foundations’ Behavioral Economics Program, 1984-1992 (April 15, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1814927 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1814927

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