Behavioral Test Economics

This paper raises the issue of why test engineers often do not act in ways which test economics says are optimal. The new field of behavioral economics explains why people often do not act in their economic self interest, and the authors propose that some of the same principles, applied to testing, can explain some of the behavior of test engineers. The authors use several examples to illustrate these principles, and for each describe the underlying economic and behavioral economic principles behind them, and give recommendations for decision makers