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  • The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy

Using Decision Errors to Help People Help Themselves

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

Decisions; Welfare

Citation

Loewenstein, George, Leslie K. John, and Kevin 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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