Beyond carrots and sticks: Europeans support health nudges

Food Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-10

  Reisch, Lucia A ^a   Sunstein, Cass R ^b   Gwozdz, Wencke ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Behavioural regulation; Health defaults; Health nudges; Health policy

Indexed keywords

FOOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; OBESITY; RESEARCH;

DENMARK; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUNGARY; ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 85012298824     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.01.007     Document Type: Article

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