Behavioral political economy: A survey

J Schnellenbach, C Schubert - European Journal of Political Economy, 2015 - Elsevier
In explaining individual behavior in politics, economists should rely on the same
motivational assumptions they use to explain behavior in the market: that is what Political …

Nudging the financial market? A review of the nudge theory

CW Cai - Accounting & Finance, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic review of the nudge literature and an examination of its applications across
different domains reveals that:(i) a nudge, in the sense of using choice architecture to push …

Green nudges: Do they work? Are they ethical?

C Schubert - Ecological economics, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental policies are increasingly informed by behavioral economics insights.'Green
nudges' in particular have been suggested as a promising new tool to encourage …

When push comes to shove in recreational fishing compliance, think 'nudge'

M Mackay, S Jennings, EI Van Putten, H Sibly… - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Enforcing compliance with rules and regulations in recreational fisheries has proved difficult
due to factors such as the high number of participants and costs of enforcement, the …

Exploring the (behavioural) political economy of nudging

C Schubert - Journal of Institutional Economics, 2017 - cambridge.org
In recent years, a novel, specifically institutional approach to public regulation has become
popular, particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world:'Libertarian Paternalism'promises to tackle …

On the ethics of public nudging: Autonomy and agency

C Schubert - Available at SSRN 2672970, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
Nudges, ie, low-cost interventions that steer people's behavior without compromising their
freedom of choice, are the key contribution of 'Libertarian Paternalism'(LP) to public policy …

The influence of nudges on compliance behaviour in recreational fisheries: a laboratory experiment

M Mackay, S Yamazaki, S Jennings… - ICES Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Non-compliance is a tenacious problem in recreational fisheries management, posing a risk
to marine conservation and socio-ecological systems by, for example, undermining …

Nudging and other behaviourally based policies as enablers for environmental sustainability

M Santos Silva - Laws, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent years have shown that traditional regulatory techniques alone are not effective in
achieving behaviour change in important fields such as environmental sustainability …

The power of public choice in law and economics

B Torgler - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper I discuss how Law and Economics can benefit from incorporating some insights
from Public Choice into their analyses. Within this argument, I examine the evolution of …

A constitutional economics perspective on soft paternalism

J Schnellenbach - Kyklos, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Using a framework that distinguishes short‐term consumer preferences, individual reflective
preferences and political preferences, we discuss from a constitutional economics …