Behavioural economics and public policy: some insights

Ian McAuley

International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 18-31

Abstract: The findings of behavioural economics can help guide public policy, particularly regulatory design. While behavioural economics has only recently arisen as a defined discipline, many long-established regulations employed by governments are found to be consistent with the findings of behavioural economics.

Keywords: public policy; behavioural economics; behavioural finance; prospect theory; defaults; asymmetric paternalism; regulatory design; financial regulation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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