Why Policymakers and Social Scientists Should Adopt Behavioral Economics: An Analysis for the Period 2000-2020
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Keywords
behavioral economics; nudge units; cognitive bias; bounded rationality; methodological framework; economic doctrines; prospect theory.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
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