The behavioural economist and the social planner: To whom should behavioural welfare economics be addressed?
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- Robert Sugden, 2011. "The behavioural economist and the social planner: to whom should behavioural welfare economics be addressed?," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2011-21, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography.
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Keywords
welfare economics; behavioural economics; social planner; contractarianism; soft paternalism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HPE-2013-02-16 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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