The highly contingent nature of decision behavior both poses problems (costs) and creates
opportunities (benefits) for decision researchers. That decision processes (DPs) are not …

The New York Times–bestselling author of Nudge explains why policies should be based on
careful consideration of their costs and benefits rather than on intuition, popular opinion …

Objections to the rational actor model in law and economics are almost as old as the field
itself. Early skeptics about the economic analysis of law were quick to marshal arguments …

Cognitive and social psychologists have uncovered a number of features of ordinary
thinking about risk. Giving particular attention to the work of Paul Slovic, this review-essay …

The purpose of this article is to identify a set of interlinked social mechanisms that have
important, sometimes desirable, but at other times harmful effects on risk regulation. The …

The gamble has been to decision research what the fruit fly has been to biology–a vehicle
for examining fundamental processes with presumably important implications outside the …

American constitutional law is at a crossroads. In a major new interpretation of the
Constitution, Cass Sunstein offers a clear account of our present dilemmas and shows …

With socialism largely discredited in recent years, the moral and legal status of private
property has become an increasingly important area for discussion in contemporary political …

The newest work from one of the most preeminent voices writing in the legal/political arena
today, this important book presents a new conception of the relationship between free …

Breaking the Vicious Circle is a tour de force that should be read by everyone who is
interested in improving our regulatory processes. Written by a highly respected federal …