The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy

includes index and biblioraphy

Assuming Rationality .1 The origins of Econimic rationality .....2 A quit interlude .....5 The neo-bernoullian Formulation ....7 Utility elicitation ....... 2. Challenging rationality ..16 The allais paradox .......17 The ellsberg paradox ..........21 Satisficing and rules of Thumb..............25 Classic Preference reversals ........30 3. Describing risky behaviours.................34 The markowitz model ........35 Prospect theory .......36 Prospect theory and allais Conjecture ..44 Reflection .....46 Regret and Disappointment ......50 About time ............54 The normative case for Discounting ......55 Present bias ......60 Present bias and risk attitude .......64 The time trade-off.........67 5. Experiencing and remembering .........71 Empirical Examples of the gestalts.........73 The gestalts and respect for individual Agency ...80 Using the gestalts descriptively ........86 6. Motivational crowding .......88 Self-Determination theory .......90 Empirical Examples of Crowding ...92 Personal financial incentives ...96 Designin performance management ..............101 7. Nudges ...........108 The nudge requirements...111 The british movement ...113 Proposals and Suggestions .....117 8. Shoves and budges..128 Coercive paternalism ............130 regulating against harms ...136 The behavioural Public Policy Cube ........141 9. Give and take ....146 Other animals...........149 Anthronomics .......151 The ultimatum Game ...........153 Informing public Policy with reciprocity ...........157 10. Summing up ............162 The Burgeoning interest ...163 Embracing evolution ..........166 The policy approach ...............168 Human Motivation .....171 The future........174