As a complement, related to tax policy:
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2009/0616_behavioral_economics_kling.aspx
Peter

--- In Behavioral-Finance@yahoogroups.com, "pgreenfinch" <pgreenfinch@...>
wrote:
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> Hi, members and visitors
>
> From this side of the pond, I lack enough info, but it seems that the new US
administration is teeming with behavioral economists.
>
> Wow, how nice, congrats! Maybe we have some in this room ;-)
> But, however enthusiastic I am, I hope they will not give a bad name to
behavioral economics.
> Be careful and humble, boys !
>
> That knowledge of human motivations when facing economic stakes is certainly
quite useful. Notably to avoid uneducated policy decisions that would have all
chances to fail.
>
> On the other hand, there might be a temptation to use that knowledge for
manipulation. And here would come perverse effects.
>
> The strange case of Behavioral Jekill and Behavioral Hyde?
>
> More info about that? Any opinion?
>
> Peter
>