Regulatory Policy and Behavioural Economics

Over the past five years, behavioural economics has been rapidly propelled from the margins of economic analysis towards the policy mainstream. In this context, this study offers an international review of the initial applications of behavioural economics to policy, with a particular focus on regula...

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Main Author: Lunn, Pete (-)
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, issuing body (issuing body)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2014.
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Summary:Over the past five years, behavioural economics has been rapidly propelled from the margins of economic analysis towards the policy mainstream. In this context, this study offers an international review of the initial applications of behavioural economics to policy, with a particular focus on regulatory policy. It describes the extent to which behavioural findings have begun to influence public policy in a number of OECD countries, referring to a total of more than 60 instances, the majority of which concern regulatory policy.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (74 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789264207851