Behavioural economics, experimentalism and the marketization of development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2159697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Berndt (0000-0001-5055-0180) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 567-591 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03085147.2015.1043794 |
| OpenAlex | W2203610324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 73 |
| References cited | 44 |
Using market-based pro-poor development policy in the global South as an example, this paper engages with the rise of behaviourism and experimentalism as a challenge to the neoclassical orthodoxy and the more recent transformation into an influential policy script. After charting the rise of behavioural economics and discussing the key conceptual building blocks of the emerging behavioural mainstream in economics, the paper turns to the marketization of anti-poverty policy in the global South. Based on an analysis of policy documents, project reports and academic interventions, it is argued that the behavioural approach to poverty shifts the focus from the market to the market subject and engages in often thinly veiled attempts at behavioural engineering. This is achieved with the combined work of behavioural economic knowledge and socio-technical market devices
Applied economics · China · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Experimentalism · Mainstream · Mainstream economics · Marketization · Neoclassical economics · Orthodoxy · Political science · Positive economics · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Law
When randomistas rule the field
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What happened to the theory of African capitalism
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The allusive market
The rise of the randomistas
Entrepreneurs of Themselves
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The rise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in international development in historical perspective
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Changing Behaviours
Poverty Capital
After neoliberalism
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| Unique citing works | 73 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 72 |