Nudges and norms: on the political economy of soft paternalism
This paper discusses soft (or libertarian) paternalism, as proposed among others by Thaler and Sunstein (2008). It is argued that soft paternalism should not be understood as an efficiency-enhancing, but as a redistributive concept. The relationship between soft paternalism and social norms is discu...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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European journal of political economy
Year: 2011, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 266-277 |
| ISSN: | 1873-5703 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2011.12.001 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2011.12.001 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268011001480 
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| Author Notes: | Jan Schnellenbach |
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