Behavioral public economics: social incentives and social preferences

By:

Teraji, Shinji

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge New York 2022Description: xii, 205 pISBN:

9780367362416

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.3 TER

Summary: Book Description Behavioral Public Economics shows how standard public economics can be improved using insights from behavioral economics. Public economics typically lists four market failures that may justify government intervention in markets—imperfect competition (or natural monopoly), externalities, public goods, and asymmetric information. Under the rational choice paradigm (‘agents choose what is best for them’), public economics has examined the welfare effects of policy. Recent research in behavioral economics highlights a fifth market failure—individuals may make mistakes in pursuing their own well-being. This book calls for a rethinking of assumptions of individual behavior and provides a good foundation for public economic theory. Key features: Introduces behavioral perspectives into public economics. Explains why economic incentives often undermine social preferences. Reveals that social incentives matter for public policy. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in public economics, behavioral economics, and public policy.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Why ‘Behavioral’ Public Economics 2. Preferences, Utility, and Welfare 3. Economic Incentives in Public Economics 4. Behavioral Economics and Public Policy 5. Social Preferences and Moral Economy 6. Social Incentives and Interaction 7. Governing the Commons with Social Incentives. Bibliography

Book Description
Behavioral Public Economics shows how standard public economics can be improved using insights from behavioral economics. Public economics typically lists four market failures that may justify government intervention in markets—imperfect competition (or natural monopoly), externalities, public goods, and asymmetric information. Under the rational choice paradigm (‘agents choose what is best for them’), public economics has examined the welfare effects of policy. Recent research in behavioral economics highlights a fifth market failure—individuals may make mistakes in pursuing their own well-being. This book calls for a rethinking of assumptions of individual behavior and provides a good foundation for public economic theory.

Key features:

Introduces behavioral perspectives into public economics.
Explains why economic incentives often undermine social preferences.
Reveals that social incentives matter for public policy.
This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in public economics, behavioral economics, and public policy.

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