Stefanos Stasinopoulos – Nudge Unit Greece https://nudgeunitgreece.com Explaining Behavioural Economics Simply Mon, 09 May 2022 07:27:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://nudgeunitgreece.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cropped-minimal-final-32x32.png Stefanos Stasinopoulos – Nudge Unit Greece https://nudgeunitgreece.com 32 32 When theories emerge from crises https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/09/theories-emerge-crises/ https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/09/theories-emerge-crises/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 07:27:26 +0000 https://nudgeunitgreece.com/?p=1505 Every theory, while trying to explain the socio-economic phenomena, is affected by the particular era in which it wishes to integrate; one might say that tradition, religion, technology and recent historical events are among the most important elements.

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]]> https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/09/theories-emerge-crises/feed/ 0 A Short Term Memory Story https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/short-term-memory-story/ https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/short-term-memory-story/#respond Sat, 07 May 2022 19:58:58 +0000 https://nudgeunitgreece.com/?p=1499 Clive sat gently on the stool. He opened the heavy wooden piano cover and the black and white keys appeared before him in order. As he was staring at and touching them with his fingers, old memories woke up in … Read more...

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]]> https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/short-term-memory-story/feed/ 0 Save More. Tomorrow. https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/save-more-tomorrow/ https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/save-more-tomorrow/#respond Sat, 07 May 2022 19:54:00 +0000 https://nudgeunitgreece.com/?p=1494 When it comes to savings, people seem to often deviate from the general laws of Life – Cycle theory which argue that households (or individuals) tend to maintain a stable level of consumption along time (Browning and Crossley, 2001).

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]]> https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/save-more-tomorrow/feed/ 0 Probabilities Sensitivity https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/probabilities-sensitivity/ https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/probabilities-sensitivity/#respond Sat, 07 May 2022 19:47:51 +0000 https://nudgeunitgreece.com/?p=1489 George and Peter, dear friends for more than 50 years although totally different, are having their morning coffee arguing about life as they have done so many times in the past. George, the more pessimist and introvert between the two, … Read more...

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]]> https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/probabilities-sensitivity/feed/ 0 Probabilities and the Conjunction Fallacy https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/probabilities-conjunction-fallacy/ https://nudgeunitgreece.com/en/2022/05/07/probabilities-conjunction-fallacy/#respond Sat, 07 May 2022 19:44:19 +0000 https://nudgeunitgreece.com/?p=1483 Shall I take the risk? Or leave it up to fortune? There might not be one absolute answer since every decision is different. Even the same person can make different choices in different times for the same dilemma (Thaler and … Read more...

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