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Academic papers
1. Nudging and Decision-Making in Public Policy
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Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2008). Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness. Yale University Press.
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Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2003). Libertarian paternalism is not an oxymoron. The American Economic Review, 93(2), 175-179.
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Sunstein, C. R. (2014). Why nudge? The politics of libertarian paternalism. Yale University Press.
2. Behavioral Economics and Consumer Choice
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Thaler, R. H. (1980). Toward a positive theory of consumer choice. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1(1), 39-60.
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Thaler, R. H., & Benartzi, S. (2004). Save more tomorrow: Using behavioral economics to increase employee saving. Journal of Political Economy, 112(S1), S164-S187.
3. Cognitive Biases and Heuristics
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Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263–291. https://doi.org/10.2307/1914185
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Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1981). The framing of decisions and the psychology of choice. Science, 211(4481), 453–458. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7455683
4. Behavioral Insights in Education
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Banerji, R. (2016). Lessons from Pratham’s work: Making education work for every child. Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, 8(1), 16–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0974910115620367
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Banerji, R., & Chavan, M. (2016). Improving literacy and numeracy in India: A challenge too big to ignore. Journal of South Asian Development, 11(1), 34–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973174116628546
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Vinogradova, E., & Olszewski, P. (2019). Behavioral insights in education: A systematic review of the literature. Educational Review, 72(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2018.1441446
5. Behavioral Insights in Public Health and Gender Equality
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Thompson, R., & Hossain, M. (2021). Leveraging behavioral insights in health policies: A global perspective. Behavioural Public Policy, 5(1), 29-50. doi:10.1017/bpp.2019.35
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Lodhi, S. (2020). Behavioral insights in gender equality initiatives: A case study from India. Global Social Policy, 20(1), 62-78. doi:10.1177/1468018118820381.
6. Behavioral Economics and Environmental Sustainability
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Thøgersen, J., & Olesen, A. (2020). The role of nudges in promoting sustainable consumption: A systematic review. Sustainability, 12(8), 3202. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083202
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Kaur, J., & Singh, N. (2021). Behavioral insights for effective waste management in India: A review of interventions. Waste Management & Research, 39(5), 559-572. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X20982177.
7. General Overview of Behavioral Economics in Policy
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Sanderson, I., & Hallsworth, M. (2018). The role of behavioral insights in public policy: Learning from the UK experience. Behavioral Public Policy, 2(2), 193-209. doi:10.1017/bpp.2017.23.
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Gupta, R., & Ghosh, A. (2020). Integrating behavioral insights into public policy in India: An analysis. Behavioural Public Policy, 4(1), 67-91. doi:10.1017/bpp.2019.17.
8. Educational Interventions and Evidence
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Banerjee, A., Banerji, R., Berry, J., Duflo, E., Kannan, H., Mukherji, S., Shotland, M., & Walton, M. (2016). From proof of concept to scalable policies: Challenges and solutions, with an application. NBER Working Paper No. 22931. Retrieved from https://www.nber.org/papers/w22931
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Muralidharan, K., & Sundararaman, V. (2019). Improving student learning in India: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial of a school-based intervention. NBER Working Paper No. 23481. Retrieved from https://www.nber.org/papers/w23481
9. Water Conservation and Behavioral Economics
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Ranganathan, S., & Raghunandan, T. (2018). The role of behavioral economics in shaping public policy in India: A case study on water conservation. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2(1), 17-25. doi:10.22004/ag.econ.277282.
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