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Behavioral Economics Effects Are Small In Real World

Behavioral Economics produces large behavioral effects in laboratory experiments, but in the real world most nudges (with the exception of defaults like automatic retirement enrollment) yield only modest results, while getting incentives and prices right is often far more powerful.

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Speaker

Steven Levitt

Evidence Quote

the tricks and the miracles of regular economics are a better place to start, because there's often a lot more power in just getting the incentives right, and getting prices right.

Source

Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of EconomicsEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:19:15 AM

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