Economics of Self-Destructive Choices

Shinsuke Ikeda is a professor at the Institute of Social andEconomic Research (ISER), Osaka University, and serves as the director of the Research Centre of Behavioral Economics in ISER. He received a B.Com. at Kobe University in 1980 and a Ph.D. (economics) at Osaka University in 1997. He is the former president of the Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance. Dr. Ikeda has published articles on behavioral economics, macroeconomic dynamics, and asset pricing in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and the International Economic Review, among others. With H. Kato, F. Ohtake, and Y. Tsutsui, he has jointly edited two volumes on behavioral economics: Behavioral Economics of Preferences, Choices, and Happiness (Springer, 2015, forthcoming); and Behavioral Interactions, Markets, and Economic Dynamics: Topics in Behavioral Economics (Springer, 2015, forthcoming). lse" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/>

• 1 The Paradox of Self-Destructive Choices.- 2 Varying Impatience.- 3 Hyperbolic discounting and Self-Destructive Behaviors.- 4 Self-Control Problems Of The Dual Self.- 5 Overborrowing, Overeating and Addictive Behavior.- 6 Coping with Self-Destructive Behavior.