behavioral economics

…the fields of experimental and behavioral economics. He helped to popularize the use of field experiments as viable tools for analyzing a broad set of economic questions. In 2011 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

…in the emerging field of behavioral economics, which sought to apply the insights of psychology and other social sciences to the study of economic behaviour. He was also the cocreator, with Karl E. Case, of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks changes in the average price of residential real…

…Economics for his contributions to behavioral economics, a field of microeconomics that applies the findings of psychology and other social sciences to the study of economic behaviour. In published work spanning more than four decades, Thaler explored how economic decision making by both individuals and institutions is systematically and significantly…