The distributional effects of nudges

2021/11/08 by Cass R. Sunstein · 102 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Distributive justice #Economic Justice #Economics #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Microeconomics #Nudge theory #Psychology #Public economics #Social psychology #Welfare

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01236-z

published in Nature Human Behaviour 6(1), 9-10 (Nature Portfolio)

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