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Helping People help themselves: Insights from behavioral economics for policies to counter addiction

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  • Jody Sindelar

    (Yale School of Public Health (SPH))

  • Elizabeth Beasley

    (Département d'économie (ECON))

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Les apports de l'économie comportementale permettent de concevoir de nouvelles formes d'action publique et d'augmenter l'efficacité des recommandations habituelles. Nous discutons ici de l'utilité de ces approches pour traiter la toxicomanie. Ces modèles reposent sur les biais cognitifs intervenant dans la prise de décision pour aider les gens à éviter de commettre des erreurs. Des exemples de ces stratégies consistent à modifier la présentation de l'information, à transformer les incitations, et à offrir des possibilités de pré-engagement. Il est essentiel de tester rigoureusement ces différentes stratégies avant de les mettre en pratique et les gouvernements devraient envisager une utilisation systématique de l'économie comportementale dans l'élaboration des politiques publiques.

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  • Jody Sindelar & Elizabeth Beasley, 2014. "Helping People help themselves: Insights from behavioral economics for policies to counter addiction," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/4uiq68npjd9, Sciences Po.
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