The Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous and indispensable digital environment in which
people communicate, seek information, and make decisions. Despite offering various …

In recent years, policy makers worldwide have begun to acknowledge the potential value of
insights from psychology and behavioral economics into how people make decisions. These …

Environmental policies are increasingly informed by behavioral economics insights.'Green
nudges' in particular have been suggested as a promising new tool to encourage …

All over the world, governments are using nudges as regulatory tools. Is this ethical? Much
ofthe answer depends on whether nudges promote or instead undermine welfare …

In Nudge (2008) Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein suggested that public policy–makers
arrange decision–making contexts in ways to promote behaviour change in the interest of …

If citizens' behavior threatens to harm others or seems not to be in their own interest (eg,
risking severe head injuries by riding a motorcycle without a helmet), it is not uncommon for …

Behavioral economics began with the intention of eliminating the psychological blind spot in
rational choice theory and ended up portraying psychology as the study of irrationality. In its …

A new eye-opener on how we can make better decisions—by the author of Gut Feelings In
this age of big data we often trust that expert analysis—whether it's about next year's stock …

In 2008, the behavioral economist Richard Thaler and the legal scholar Cass Sunstein
published a book in which they advocated a novel approach to public policy based on the …

Can the general public learn to deal with risk and uncertainty, or do authorities need to steer
people's choices in the right direction? Libertarian paternalists argue that results from …