A worldwide consensus on nudging? Not quite, but almost

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-22

  Sunstein, Cass R ^a   Reisch, Lucia A ^b   Rauber, Julius ^c  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavioural insight; nudge; public approval; regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042658574     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12161     Document Type: Article

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