Český finanční a účetní časopis 2018(3):57-77 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cfuc.517

Genesis of behavioral economics and its applicability in public finance

Anton Vaskovskyi
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta financí a účetnictví, katedra veřejných financí, nám. W. Churchilla 4, 130 67 Praha 3.

The article is focused on genesis of behavioral economics and its applicability within public finance. Behavioral economics is being recently very popular and recognised by academic community as Nobel Prize was awarded to its promoters twice in current millennium. The document is divided in three parts, where one is devoted to overview of the theory, second contains recent trends in described theory and the last one presents case studies from United Kingdom and Poland. The theoretical part describes the basic concepts and theories in relation within historical context. The second part analyses applicability of such theory in public finance and current trends and finally, third chapter contains case studies, where the presented theory is applied in practice with remarkable results.

Keywords: Behavioral economics; Behavioral finance; Prospect theory; Nudge; Public finance.
JEL classification: D91, G41, H26

Published: October 1, 2018  Show citation

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Vaskovskyi, A. (2018). Genesis of behavioral economics and its applicability in public finance. Czech Financial and Accounting Journal, 2018(3), 57-77. doi: 10.18267/j.cfuc.517
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