Exploring the (behavioural) political economy of nudging
指出，尽管助推的伦理问题已被广泛讨论，但其背后的政治经济学——即自利且可能有限理性的政策制定者和官僚如何推动实施——却被忽视，并探讨如何填补这一空白。
Abstract In recent years, a novel, specifically institutional approach to public regulation has become popular, particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world: ‘Libertarian Paternalism’ promises to tackle society's problems in a way that increases welfare without compromising people's freedom and autonomy. The key instrument advanced by this programme is nudges . Although nudges’ ethical quality has been discussed at length, the political economy driving their implementation by self-interested (and possibly boundedly rational) policy makers and bureaucrats has been largely neglected so far. This paper elaborates on how this gap might be filled.