The behavioral turn in development economics
A Tentative Account Through the Lens of Economic Methodology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4369040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roberta Muramatsu (0000-0002-5286-6952, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie), Flavia Avila (Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 363-380 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0101-3157 • E-ISSN: 1809-4538 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/0101-31572017v37n02a06 |
| OpenAlex | W2683990516 |
| SciELO | S0101-31572017000200363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
This paper aims to provide an interpretation of why behavioral economics has come into the complex field of development economics that draws on insights from methodology of economics. We engage in an extensive survey of the literature that focuses on the actual practice of "behavioral development economics and behavioral economics view of poverty" that emerged in the early years of the 21st century in order to identify and discuss some directions and implications that this movement might carry for economics science and art of Economics
Applied economics · Behavioral economics · Behavioural economics · Economic growth · Economic methodology · Economics · Economics education · Field (mathematics · Heterodox economics · Higher education · Interpretation (philosophy · Mainstream economics · Microeconomics · Neoclassical economics · Order (exchange · Positive economics · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Economic theories and models · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Essays in positive economics
The Manipulation of Choice
Improving immunisation coverage in rural India
Do Defaults Save Lives?
Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer
Instruments, Randomization, and Learning about Development
Behavioral Economics and Marketing in Aid of Decision Making among the Poor
Freedom of choice
Psychology and Economics
Golden Eggs and Hyperbolic Discounting
The Power and Pitfalls of Experiments in Development Economics
The Power of Suggestion
Worms
A Behavioral-Economics View of Poverty
Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments
Field experiments in economics
Time Discounting and Time Preference
Paternalism
Against autonomy
Libertarian Paternalism
Handbook Of Development Economics
Development as Freedom
An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach
The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
The Experimental Approach to Development Economics
Poor Economics. A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Nudge
Reflection without Rules
Behavioural Development Economics
Choice, Welfare and Measurement
The Economic Lives of the Poor
An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |