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Why incoherent preferences do not justify paternalism

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Robert Sugden ()

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Constitutional Political Economy.

Volume (Year): 19 (2008)
Issue (Month): 3 (September)
Pages: 226-248
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Keywords: Paternalism; Preferences; Behavioural economics; D60;

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  1. Robert Sugden, 2004. "The Opportunity Criterion: Consumer Sovereignty Without the Assumption of Coherent Preferences," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(4), pages 1014-1033, September. [Downloadable!]
  2. B. Douglas Bernheim & Antonio Rangel, 2007. "Toward Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(2), pages 464-470, May. [Downloadable!]
  3. Cass R. Sunstein & Richard H. Thaler, 2003. "Libertarian paternalism is not an oxymoron," Conference Series ; [Proceedings], Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Jun. [Downloadable!]
  4. Robert Sugden, 2007. "The value of opportunities over time when preferences are unstable," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 29(4), pages 665-682, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Schelling, Thomas C, 1978. "Egonomics, or the Art of Self-Management," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 68(2), pages 290-94, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Christian Schubert, 2009. "Is Novelty always a good thing? Towards an Evolutionary Welfare Economics," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2009-03, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group. [Downloadable!]
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