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行動経済学 (こうどうけいざいがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

行こう動どう経けい済ざい学がく

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Meanings

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noun

behavioral economics

Academic field combining psychology and economics to explain economic decision-making.

行こう動どう経けい済ざい学がくは、人にん間げんの非ひ合ごう理り的てきな意い思し決けっ定ていを研けん究きゅうする分ぶん野やです。
Behavioral economics is a field that studies irrational human decision-making.

彼かれは大だい学がくで行こう動どう経けい済ざい学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

He is majoring in behavioral economics at university.

Kanji

行going, journey, carry out
動move, motion, change
経sutra, longitude, pass thru
済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish
学study, learning, science

Similar words

経けい済ざい学がく
Economics in general; 行動経済学 specifically incorporates psychological insights.
心しん理り学がく
Psychology; 行動経済学 applies psychological findings to economic behavior.

Etymology

Compound of 行動 (behavior) + 経済学 (economics), a calque of English 'behavioral economics'.