Behavioral political economy

• Verfasst von: Schnellenbach, Jan
• Verfasst von: Schubert, Christian
• Titel: Behavioral political economy
• Titelzusatz: a survey
• Verf.angabe: Jan Schnellenbach; Christian Schubert
• Verlagsort: München
• Verlag: CESifo
• Jahr: 2014
• Umfang: Online-Ressource (54 S.)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: CESifo working paper ; 4988 : Public Choice
• ComputerInfo: Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader.
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Schnellenbach, Jan, 1973 - : Behavioral political economy. - Munich : Univ., Center for Economic Studies, 2014. - 54 S.
• Sach-SW: behavioral political economy
• Sach-SW: behavioral economics
• Sach-SW: rational irrationality
• Sach-SW: cognitive biases
• Sach-SW: social norms
• Sach-SW: voting
• Sach-SW: paternalism
• Form-SW: Arbeitspapier
• Form-SW: Graue Literatur
• K10plus-PPN: 798316500

Abstract

Explaining individual behavior in politics should rely on the same motivational assumptions as explaining behavior in the market: That’s what Political Economy, understood as the application of economics to the study of political processes, is all about. In its standard variant, those who played the game of politics should also be considered rational and selfinterested, unlike the benevolent despot of earlier models. History repeats itself with the rise of behavioral economics: Assuming cognitive biases to be present in the market, but not in politics, behavioral economists often call for government to intervene in a "benevolent" way. Recently, however, political economists have started to apply behavioral economics insights to the study of political processes, thereby re-establishing a unified methodology. This paper surveys the current state of the emerging field of "Behavioral Political Economy" and considers the scope for further research.