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EISSN: 2760-2001

Journal of Behavioral Economics and Policy (JBEP) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of how psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural, and social factors influence economic decision-making and policy outcomes.

Positioned at the intersection of economics, psychology, and public policy, JBEP provides a platform for interdisciplinary research that bridges theory and practice. The journal welcomes contributions that explore human behavior in economic contexts and offer evidence-based insights to inform policy design, regulation, and intervention strategies at local, national, and global levels.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Behavioral insights in public policy and governance
  • Nudging, choice architecture, and decision-making heuristics
  • Financial decision-making and consumer behavior
  • Health, environmental, and education economics through a behavioral lens
  • Social preferences, cooperation, and trust in economic systems
  • Behavioral labor economics and workplace dynamics
  • Risk perception, time preferences, and intertemporal choice
  • Behavioral game theory and experimental economics
  • Behavioral responses to taxation, subsidies, and welfare programs
  • Cultural and cross-country perspectives on economic behavior

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Price Distortions in Capital Markets and Corporate Employment—A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Based on Microdata


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Employment, as the cornerstone of societal well-being, is a critical economic issue that concerns the immediate interests of the general public and the broader national development. However, existing research has generally overlooked the significant role that factor input prices play in the employment process of enterprise employees. Therefore, based on data from the China Industrial Enterprise... more

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