Government interventions to aid choice: Help to self-help or paternalism?

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 874-881

  Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^a   Kjær, Trine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Government interventions; Inconsistent time preferences; Life style; Nudging; Paternalism; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNALISM; SELF CONTROL; SELF HELP; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNALISM; SELF CARE; SELF-CONTROL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930755752     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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