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Behavioral Economics and New Paternalism (Part II)
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2013-10-28-46
Abstract
The paper provides a critical appraisal of the normative program of behavioral economics known as new paternalism. Part II of the paper discusses main empirical and conceptual drawbacks of this approach and provides arguments for the alternative non-welfarist normative tradition based on the idea of freedom.
About the Author
R. Kapeliushnikov
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia); Centre for Labour Market Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Kapeliushnikov R. Behavioral Economics and New Paternalism (Part II). Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2013;(10):28-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2013-10-28-46
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