A Behavior-Analytic View on Nudges: Individual, Technique, and Ethics.
Behavior analysis and behavioral economics represent different traditions, but with relevant points of intersection and complementarity. Recent studies point to convergences and divergences, often in a nonspecific way, and thus lack a careful analysis of some ontological, technical, and ethical aspe...
| Published in: | Behavior & Social Issues Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 138 - 162 |
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Springer Nature
Jan2020
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