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  • Adam Oliver, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2017
Print publication year:
2017
Online ISBN:
9781108225120

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The use of behavioural science to inform policy is one of the main developments in the social sciences over the last several decades. In this book, Adam Oliver offers an accessible introduction to the development of behavioural public policy, examining how behavioural economics might be used to inform the design of a broad spectrum of policy frameworks, from nudges, to bans on certain individual behaviours, to the regulation of the commercial sector. He also considers how behavioural economics can explain and predict phenomena as a challenge to economists' assumptions around how people perceive time, utility and money. The book offers an intellectual foundation for all those concerned with behavioural public policy, from academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students with a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives, such as economics, political science, sociology and anthropology, to policy makers and practitioners working directly with behavioural public policy in their everyday working lives.

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'An accessible, up-to-date, and concise introduction to the history, intellectual background and current state of behavioural public policy. An ideal entry point to the field for academics, policy makers and the informed general reader.'

Nick Chater - University of Warwick

'Taking off from the theoretical bases of behavioural economics, Adam Oliver illustrates its application to public policy with fascinating examples, largely regarding health care. The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy is for everyone:  from novices in the field to experts who previously thought they knew everything about it.'

George Akerlof - Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences

'Adam Oliver’s The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy is an impressive and rigorous introduction to an increasingly influential approach to policy design. The book is ideally suited to informed readers who wish to gain a more scholarly understanding of BPP, beyond the level of popular science. It will prove especially valuable to both undergraduate and graduate students aiming to gain knowledge of the central theoretical and empirical building blocks of BPP. It will also be of benefit to policymakers who are interested in a concise but detailed overview of the emergence of the approach, as well as an insightful resource on the potential future development of BPP as a productive form of policy intervention.'

Ross James Gildea Source: Journal of Politics and Life Sciences

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Contents

Note on References

The practice of citing one’s own work in order to substantiate a point always strikes me as a little self-reverential and tautological. I have therefore avoided referencing myself in the main text, save for one article that I published in Medical Decision Making, which contains some experimental evidence that I found useful to cite, and to acknowledge the original sources of some tables and figures that I have reused. However, in order to avoid a charge of self-plagiarism, and in the interests of full disclosure, the following writings are ones that I have leaned on in writing this book.

Oliver, A. 2006. Further Evidence of Preference Reversals: Choice, Valuation and Ranking Over Distributions of Life Expectancy. Journal of Health Economics 25: 803820.
Oliver, A. 2006. Review of Layard, R. Happiness: Lessons from a New Science. Economics and Philosophy 22: 299307.
Oliver, A. 2008. Assessing the Influence of Gestalt-Type Characteristics on Preferences over Lifetime Health Profiles. Medical Decision Making 28: 723731.
Oliver, A., and Brown, L.. 2011. Incentivising Professionals and Patients: A Consideration in the Context of the United Kingdom and the United States. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 36: 5987, particularly in relation to Chapter 6 of this book.
Oliver, A. 2012. Markets and Targets in the English National Health Service: Is There a Role for Behavioral Economics? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 37: 647664.
Oliver, A. 2013. A Normative Perspective on Discounting Health Outcomes. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 18: 186189, particularly in relation to Chapter 4.
Oliver, A. 2013. From Nudging to Budging: Using Behavioural Economics to Inform Public Sector Policy. Journal of Social Policy 42: 685700.
Oliver, A. 2013. Introduction. In: Oliver, A. (ed.). Behavioural Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, A. 2013. Ambiguity Aversion and the UK Government’s Response to Swine Flu. In: Oliver, A. (ed.). Behavioural Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, A. 2015. Nudging, Shoving and Budging: Behavioural Economic-Informed Policy. Public Administration 93: 700714, particularly in relation to Chapters 7 and 8.
Oliver, A. 2016. Behavioural Economics Health Applications in the UK. In: Scheffler, R (ed.). Global Health Economics and Policy. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing, particularly in relation to Chapters 7 and 8.
Oliver, A. Forthcoming. Distinguishing between Experienced Utility and Remembered Utility. Public Health Ethics, particularly in relation to Chapter 5.
Oliver, A. Forthcoming. Do Unto Others: On the Importance of Reciprocity in Public Administration. American Review of Public Administration, particularly in relation to Chapter 9.

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