کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5068261 1476903 2011 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
On the 'cashing out' hypothesis and 'soft' and 'hard' policies
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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On the 'cashing out' hypothesis and 'soft' and 'hard' policies
چکیده انگلیسی

In the literature on paternalism that has grown out of the behavioural economics 'revolution', a distinction is drawn between 'hard' and 'soft' policies. Although this hard/soft distinction seems to be motivated by the thought that the two policy types might have different implications for individual liberty, there is a claim that 'hard' policies are normatively superior to 'soft' for 'efficiency' reasons. We show, by appeal to an esteem-based model of 'soft' policy that this claim is not valid in general. We also expose a number of conceptual mistakes in what many seem to have identified as the normative implications of behavioural economics.

Research highlights►Show in an esteem model that 'hard' are not necessarily superior to 'soft' policies. ►Expose a number of conceptual mistakes in normative behavioural economics. ►Argue that when it comes to welfare analysis, the correct model matters.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Political Economy - Volume 27, Issue 4, December 2011, Pages 601-610
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