Research Handbook on Nudges and Society

Cass R. Sunstein, Lucia A. Reisch (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2023
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-0302-1 (ISBN)

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This timely Research Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the growing field of nudging and its impact on society. The editors, Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch provide readers with a detailed exploration of the theoretical and empirical work on nudging, as well as an understanding of current and likely future developments in the field.

Divided into five key thematic parts, the Research Handbook covers everything from the foundations of nudging to its use in organizations. Top international scholars approach the subject from multiple disciplines and perspectives, examining current debates in the field, including the relationship between nudges and freedom; nudges, behavioral biases, and noise; the fundamental role of default rules and social norms; and how nudging can enhance human welfare. Health, safety, poverty, employment, the environment (including climate change), economic growth, and civil rights are among the subjects covered. The Research Handbook concludes with a detailed look at contested ideas and real-world policies, such as ethics and the policies of Covid-19, as well as providing commentary on misconceptions about nudging.

This Research Handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students in the fields of behavioral economics, public policy, law, public administration, public health, food policy, and sustainable development policy. The state-of-the-art practical insights into nudging, as well as accessible style, also makes this an invigorating read for practitioners.

Edited by Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor and Director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, US and Lucia A. Reisch, Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy, and Director of the El-Erian Institute for Behavioural Economics and Policy, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK

Contents:

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Nudges and Society 1
Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch

PART I FOUNDATIONS
1 Libertarian paternalism 10
Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
2 Nudgeability and beyond: affording people with opportunities to make the right choice 17
Denise De Ridder
3 Bias, noise and nudges 34
Olivier Sibony
4 Social norm nudging for sustainable consumption 56
John Thøgersen
5 Welfare now 70
Cass R. Sunstein

PART II APPLICATIONS
6 Shifting online incentive structures to reduce polarization and the spread of misinformation 91
Steve Rathje and Sander van der Linden
7 Animal protection and information avoidance 109
Richard Völker and Sven Grüner
8 Behavioural interventions to improve financial wellbeing: a focus on budgeting 129
Dilip Soman and Yuna Choe
9 Nudging employees for corporate sustainability: a systematic evidence map 152
Leonie Decrinis and Lucia A. Reisch
10 Smart disclosure: promise and perils 174
Oren Bar-Gill

PART III METHODS AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES
11 Nudges versus financial incentives 189
W. Kip Viscusi
12 Priceless behaviours: behavioural implications, unintended consequences and spillover effects of pricing policies 209
Mario Mazzocchi and Beatrice Biondi

PART IV POLICYMAKING
13 Nudge+: putting citizens at the heart of behavioural public policy 227
Sanchayan Banerjee and Peter John
14 Addressing inequalities with behavioral science: a taxonomy of positive deviance 242
Kai Ruggeri and Valentina Cafarelli
15 Self-nudging and the citizen choice architect 263
Samuli Reijula and Ralph Hertwig

PART V BATTLEFIELDS
16 Behavioural science: ethics, expertise and systemic risk 292
Liam Delaney, Atrina Oraee and Jet Sanders
17 The use and misuse of behavioural science in the age of COVID-19 308
Adam Oliver
18 Eight misconceptions about nudges 319
Cass R. Sunstein

Index 329

Erscheinungsdatum	11.11.2023
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-0353-0302-7 / 1035303027
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-0302-1 / 9781035303021
Zustand	Neuware