Do Narratives about Psychological Mechanisms Affect Public Support for Behavioral Policies?
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Keywords
behavioral policy; public support; psychological mechanisms; default rule;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2024-06-17 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2024-06-17 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2024-06-17 (Labour Economics)
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