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Dalton, Patricio S. and Ghosal, Sayantan. (2011) Behavioral decisions and policy. CESifo Economic Studies, Vol.57 (No.4). pp. 560-580. ISSN 1610-241X
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifr015
Abstract
We study the public policy implications of a model in which agents do not fully internalize all the conscequences of their actions. Such a model unifies seemingly disconected models with behavioral agents. We evaluate the scope of paternalistic and libertarian-parternalistic policies in light of our model, and propose an alternative policy approach, labeled soft-libertarian, which enables decision makers to internalize the conscequences of their actions. Psychotherapy is one example of a soft-libertarian policy. Moreover, we show that in our behavioral framework, policies that increase the set of opportunities or provide more information to the agent may no longer be individual welfare improving.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | CESifo Economic Studies |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1610-241X |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Volume: | Vol.57 |
| Number: | No.4 |
| Number of Pages: | 21 |
| Page Range: | pp. 560-580 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1093/cesifo/ifr015 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/45412 |
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