Nudges

  • Read more: Nudges or Shoves in the Secondary Use of Health Data: What is the More Desirable Approach? (Part I)

    Nudges or Shoves in the Secondary Use of Health Data: What is the More Desirable Approach? (Part I)

    By Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci, Janos Meszaros & Timo Minssen Empirical studies in behavioral economics have demonstrated how people are biased and often make poor decisions against their best interests. This has led policy makers to promote choice-preserving approaches, a.k.a. nudges. However, there has also been an increasingly vocal group of legal scholars who are interest…

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  • Read more: #BELHP2014 Panel 2, Potential Problems and Limits of Nudges in Health Care

    #BELHP2014 Panel 2, Potential Problems and Limits of Nudges in Health Care

    [Ed. Note: On Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, 2014, the Petrie-Flom Center hosted its 2014 annual conference: “Behavioral Economics, Law, and Health Policy.”  This is an installment in our series of live blog posts from the event; video will be available later in the summer on our website.] By Matthew L Baum In this next installment of today’s live-blogging of…