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Beyond Labels: Exploring Consumer Preferences for Plant‐Based Meat Labeling Policies

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whether meat‐related terms should be permitted on the labels of plant‐based meat alternatives is hotly debated. Utilizing survey data featuring a discrete choice experiment, we examine consumer responses to plant‐based meat alternatives under three labeling scenarios: no restrictions; a ban on meat‐related terms; and a requirement for a ...
Liam J. S. Boldt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral economics and the ‘new’ paternalism1

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics, 2015
The paper provides a critical appraisal of the normative program of behavioral economics known as ‘new paternalism’. First, it explores the theoretical foundations of behavioral economics, describes major behavioral anomalies associated with bounded ...
Rostislav Kapeliushnikov
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Economics: Contributions, Recent Developments, and New Challenges [PDF]

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Although economics has long been considered as a non-experimental science, the development of experimental economics and behavioral economics is amazingly rapid and affects most fields of research.
Marie Claire Villeval
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A Scoping Review of Nudges for Enhancing Agricultural Policy

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following PRISMA guidelines, we conduct a scoping review on 18 empirical studies on nudging interventions for farmers in Europe and the USA. The evidence on the effectiveness of nudges is mixed. Some studies demonstrate positive outcomes, particularly when nudges are combined with other interventions; others report no effect or negative ...
Nadja El Benni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Welfarist Optimal Taxation and Behavioral Public Economics [PDF]

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Research in behavioral economics has uncovered the widespread phenomenon of people making decisions against their own good intentions. In these situations, the government might want to intervene, indeed individuals might want the government to intervene,
Jukka Pirttilä   +2 more
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Strategic Advocacy for Higher Education Research: Insights From US Agricultural Experiment Station Funding

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The future of health economics: The potential of behavioral and experimental economics

open access: yesNordic Journal of Health Economics, 2015
Health care systems around the globe are facing great challenges. The demand for health care is increasing due to the continuous development of new medical technologies, changing demographics, increasing income levels, and greater expectations from ...
Fredrik Hansen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing Behavioral Public Economics Theories in the Laboratory [PDF]

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"Behavioral economics", or the application of methods and evidence from other social sciences to economics, has increased greatly in significance in the last two decades.
James Alm
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Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

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