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  • The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy

Using Decision Errors to Help People Help Themselves

By: George Loewenstein, Leslie John and Kevin G. Volpp
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Keywords

Decisions; Welfare; Behavior

Citation

Loewenstein, George, Leslie John, and Kevin G. Volpp. "Using Decision Errors to Help People Help Themselves." Chap. 21 in The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy, edited by Eldar Shafir, 361–379. Princeton University Press, 2012.
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About The Author

Leslie K. John

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