Is There a Right Way to Nudge? The Practice and Ethics of Choice Architecture

Sociology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 923-935

  Selinger, Evan ^a   Whyte, Kyle ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053476405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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