The Winner's Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies Then and Now by Richard H. Thaler & Alex O. Imas games A woman arrives alone at

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The Winner's Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies Then and Now by Richard H. Thaler & Alex O. Imas games A woman arrives alone atWhy do people cooperate with one another when they have no (selfish) motivation to do so? Why do we hold onto possessions of little value? And why is the winner of an auction so often disappointed? In the original 1992 version of The Winners Curse, Richard Thaler introduced readers to behavioral economics, challenging the notion of traditional economics that people are selfish, rational optimizers and behave accordingly every time. Three decades