In 2008, the behavioral economist Richard Thaler and the legal scholar Cass Sunstein
published a book in which they advocated a novel approach to public policy based on the …

Nudges are behavioral interventions to subtly steer citizens' choices toward “desirable”
options. An important topic of debate concerns the legitimacy of nudging as a policy …

Conservation is predominantly an exercise in trying to change human behaviour–whether
that of consumers whose choices drive unsustainable resource use, of land managers …

The present paper focuses on green defaults as demand-side policies supporting the uptake
of renewable energy in Germany. It sets out to gain a better understanding of whether and …

Insights from the behavioural sciences are increasingly used by governments and other
organizations worldwide to 'nudge'people to make better decisions. Furthermore, a large …

In the last decade, there has been a growing research focus on the subtle modifications of
choice architecture that have strong effects on consumer behavior and are subsumed under …

Nudges have become increasingly popular among policymakers as a tool to stimulate
desirable behavior for individuals or society. One of the most prevailing assumptions of …

Transparency is intimately linked to debates about the ethics, political legitimacy and
effectiveness of nudging. This paper provides an overview of empirical studies investigating …

While nudges have been shown to be effective and are already being implemented, there is
still a debate on the ethics of nudging. This debate specifically refers to the potential of …

In this paper, we critically review three assumptions that govern the debate on the legitimacy
of nudging interventions as a policy instrument:(1) nudges may violate autonomous decision …