Behavioral Economics and Public Policy 102: Beyond Nudging
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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy 102: Beyond Nudging
The United States, despite its affluence, faces a number of daunting policy challenges. We rank last among 16 wealthy peers in life expectancy, infant mortality, and obesity, and have taken very little action on climate change, despite the extremity of the threat it poses not only to future generations but even those alive today. Complicating matters is that the causes of these policy problems ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0002-8282
DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151049