Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy

Published: Dec 5, 2019
Abstract
The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on multiple levels, from the abstract and conceptual to the pragmatic and applied. Behavioral paternalism relies on a needlessly restrictive definition of rational behavior. It neglects nonstandard preferences, experimentation, and self-discovery. It relies on behavioral research that is often...
Paper Details
Title
Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy
Published Date
Dec 5, 2019
Journal
Citation AnalysisPro
  • Scinapse’s Top 10 Citation Journals & Affiliations graph reveals the quality and authenticity of citations received by a paper.
  • Discover whether citations have been inflated due to self-citations, or if citations include institutional bias.