Ciencias del comportamiento y política: tiempo de "empujar" la conducta de los gobernantes

Behavioral sciences and politics: time to nudge public officials

Sebastiánn Linares () and Esteban Freidin ()

Estudios Economicos, 2017, vol. 034 (Nueva Serie), issue 69, 71-87

Abstract: The Behavioral Insights (BI) approach involves the use of knowledge from the behavioral sciences in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policy. In general, projects associated to BI attempt to affect citizens ´ behavior in socially desirable ways. In this article, we propose that the same approach can be used as a framework to “think” how to shape government of ficials ´ behavior with prosocial ends. With this goal in mind, we discuss two concepts: 1) the alignment of incentives between government of ficials and citizens; and 2) the Nudge approach, which implies structuring decision environments to guide agents towards pro-social ends. We conclude by mentioning some promises and limitations of the BI approach, generally, and of our specific proposals

Keywords: psicología económica; economía conductual; gobernantes; responsabilidad del piloto; alineación de incentivos; economic psychology; behavioral economics; government offi cials; pilot ´s responsibility; alignment of incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 D04 D72 H19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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