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The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
Eldar (Ed) Shafir
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Description for The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
Hardback. Gives insight into the methods of behavioral research, and highlight how this knowledge might influence the implementation of public policy for the improvement of society. This title illuminates the relationship between behavioral findings and economic analyses. It examines policy relevance of behavioral science to our social and political lives. Editor(s): Shafir, Eldar. Num Pages: 536 pages, 35 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: JMAL; JPP; JPQ; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1242.
In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing decisions, racism, sexism, health behaviors, and voting. Research findings have often been strikingly counterintuitive, with serious implications for public policymaking. In this book, leading experts in psychology, decision research, policy analysis, economics, political science, law, medicine, and philosophy explore major trends, principles, and general insights about human behavior in policy-relevant settings. Their work provides a deeper understanding of the many drivers--cognitive, social, perceptual, motivational, and ... Read more
In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentencing decisions, racism, sexism, health behaviors, and voting. Research findings have often been strikingly counterintuitive, with serious implications for public policymaking. In this book, leading experts in psychology, decision research, policy analysis, economics, political science, law, medicine, and philosophy explore major trends, principles, and general insights about human behavior in policy-relevant settings. Their work provides a deeper understanding of the many drivers--cognitive, social, perceptual, motivational, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691137568
SKU
V9780691137568
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About Eldar (Ed) Shafir
Eldar Shafir is the William Stewart Tod Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs in the Department of Psychology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Reviews for The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
"[Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy] is a master compendium of what we know."
David Brooks, New York Times "I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a comprehensive perspective on the potential and limitations of the behavioural insights popularized by Nudge and similar works... Those in government, non-profits, and the private sector interested in empirically supported ways to motivate people ... Read more
David Brooks, New York Times "I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a comprehensive perspective on the potential and limitations of the behavioural insights popularized by Nudge and similar works... Those in government, non-profits, and the private sector interested in empirically supported ways to motivate people ... Read more