From Homo Economicus to Homo Psychologicus: the Paretian Foundations of Behavioural Paternalism

Behavioural paternalism aims at designing public policies helping boundedly rational individuals to satisfy their own preferences. It is assumed that (i) individuals have true preferences which would determine their choices if they were rational, (ii) the satisfaction of those preferences constitute...

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Main Author: Guilhem Lecouteux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Œconomia 2016-06-01
Series:Œconomia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/2324

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