Behavioral design: A new approach to development policy

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-35

  Datta, Saugato ^a   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^b  

^a Ideas42 ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Development; Program design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893456044     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12093     Document Type: Article

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