Libertarian Paternalism

Status quo bias in decision making

Samuelson, W., & Zeckhauser, R. (1988) · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · doi:10.1007/bf00055564 · Cited by 5,897

Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias

Kahneman, D., Knetsch, J. L., & Thaler, R. H. (1991) · Journal of Economic Perspectives · doi:10.1257/jep.5.1.193 · Cited by 5,019

The Power of Suggestion: Inertia in 401(k) Participation and Savings Behavior

Madrian, B. C., & Shea, D. F. (2001) · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · doi:10.1162/003355301753265543 · Cited by 3,119

How Much Is Investor Autonomy Worth?

Benartzi, S., & Thaler, R. H. (2002) · The Journal of Finance · doi:10.1111/1540-6261.00472 · Cited by 340

Does Libertarian Paternalism Reconcile Merit Goods Theory with Mainstream Economics?

Mann, S., & Gairing, M. (2010) · Forum for Social Economics · doi:10.1007/s12143-010-9084-3 · Cited by 27

Nudges, Regulations and Liberty

Dowding, K. M., & Oprea, A. (2022) · British Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1017/s0007123421000685 · Cited by 31

Should Aspirations be a Matter of Policy Concern?

Flechtner, S. (2017) · Journal of Human Development and Capabilities · doi:10.1080/19452829.2017.1364224 · Cited by 30

Using Behavioral Economics and Technology to Improve Outcomes in Cardio-Oncology

Waddell, K. J., Shah, P. D., Adusumalli, S., & Patel, M. S. (2020) · JACC CardioOncology · doi:10.1016/j.jaccao.2020.02.006 · Cited by 27

Defining Paternalism

Dworkin, G. (2015) · Library of ethics and applied philosophy · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17960-5_2 · Cited by 27

Encouraging Individual Contributions to Net-Zero Organizations: Effects of Behavioral Policy Interventions and Social Norms

Bastini, K., Kerschreiter, R., Lachmann, M., Ziegler, M. D., & Sawert, T. (2023) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-023-05516-8 · Cited by 28

Willpower depletion and framing effects

de Haan, T., & van Veldhuizen, R. (2015) · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2015.06.002 · Cited by 31

Decision sciences and the new case for paternalism: three welfare-related justificatory challenges

Fumagalli, R. (2016) · Social Choice and Welfare · doi:10.1007/s00355-016-0972-1 · Cited by 27

The excessive choice effect meets the market: A field experiment on craft beer choice

Malone, T., & Lusk, J. L. (2017) · Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics · doi:10.1016/j.socec.2017.01.008 · Cited by 29

Old Wine in New Bottles? Parentalism, Power, and Its Legitimacy in Business–Society Relations

Etchanchu, H., & Djelic, M. (2018) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-018-3928-9 · Cited by 27

Homo economicus and the reconstruction of political economy: six theses on the role of values in economics

Tsakalotos, E. (2005) · Cambridge Journal of Economics · doi:10.1093/cje/bei075 · Cited by 27

Don't Take 'No' For An Answer: An Experiment With Actual Organ Donor Registrations

Kessler, J. B., & Roth, A. E. (2014) · National Bureau of Economic Research · doi:10.3386/w20378 · Cited by 27

Incorporating Employee Heterogeneity into Default Rules for Retirement Plan SelectionPreprint

Goda, G. S., & Manchester, C. F. (2010) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1611782 · Cited by 27

Markets and Manipulation: Time for a Paradigm Shift?

Basu, K. (2018) · Journal of Economic Literature · doi:10.1257/jel.20161410 · Cited by 27

Designing for implementation: user-centered development and pilot testing of a behavioral economic-inspired electronic health record clinical decision support module

Chokshi, S. K., Belli, H. M., Troxel, A. B., Blecker, S., Blaum, C. S., Testa, P. A., & Mann, D. (2019) · Pilot and Feasibility Studies · doi:10.1186/s40814-019-0403-z · Cited by 26

Sustainability nudges in the context of customer co-design for consumer electronics

Hankammer, S., Kleer, R., & Piller, F. (2020) · Journal of Business Economics · doi:10.1007/s11573-020-01020-x · Cited by 1

Local food sales and point of sale priming: evidence from a supermarket field experiment

Brečić, R., Ćorić, D. S., Lučić, A., Gorton, M., & Filipović, J. (2021) · European Journal of Marketing · doi:10.1108/ejm-07-2019-0604 · Cited by 26

Cognitive biases in moral judgments that affect political behavior

Baron, J. (2009) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-009-9478-z · Cited by 28

Development and preliminary user testing of the DCIDA (Dynamic computer interactive decision application) for ‘nudging’ patients towards high quality decisions

Bansback, N. J., LI, L. C., Lynd, L. D., & Bryan, S. (2014) · BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making · doi:10.1186/1472-6947-14-62 · Cited by 27

Good Intentions, Optimistic Self-Predictions, and Missed Opportunities

Koehler, D. J., White, R. J., & John, L. (2011) · Social Psychological and Personality Science · doi:10.1177/1948550610375722 · Cited by 33

Behaviorism and Control in the History of Economics and Psychology

Edwards, J. M. (2016) · History of Political Economy · doi:10.1215/00182702-3619262 · Cited by 26

Are “Voluntary” Self-Employed Better Prepared for Retirement Than “Forced” Self-Employed?

Hershey, D. A., van Dalen, H. P., Conen, W. S., & Henkens, K. (2017) · Work Aging and Retirement · doi:10.1093/workar/wax008 · Cited by 26

Behavioral Biases and Long-Term Care Insurance: A Political Economy Approach

Donder, P. D., & Leroux, M. (2013) · The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy · doi:10.1515/bejeap-2012-0074 · Cited by 26

Stories in Action.

Walsh, J., Vaida, N., Coman, A., & Fiske, S. T. (2022) · Psychological Science in the Public Interest · doi:10.1177/15291006231161337 · Cited by 26

If Nudges Treat their Targets as Rational Agents, Nonconsensual Neurointerventions Can Too

Douglas, T. (2022) · Ethical Theory and Moral Practice · doi:10.1007/s10677-022-10285-w · Cited by 25

No Consumer Is an Island—Relational Disclosure as a Regulatory Strategy to Advance Consumer Protection Against Microtargeting

Davola, A., Querci, I., & Romani, S. (2022) · Journal of Consumer Policy · doi:10.1007/s10603-022-09530-7 · Cited by 29

The Dead Hand of the Past? Toward an Understanding of “Constitutional Veneration”

Zink, J. R., & Dawes, C. T. (2015) · Political Behavior · doi:10.1007/s11109-015-9325-5 · Cited by 28

Comfort First! Vehicle-Sharing Systems in Urban Residential Areas: The Importance for Everyday Mobility and Reduction of Car Use among Pilot Users

Berg, J., Henriksson, M., & Ihlström, J. (2019) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su11092521 · Cited by 25

On Nudging’s Supposed Threat to Rational Decision-Making

Houk, T. (2019) · The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine · doi:10.1093/jmp/jhz014 · Cited by 25

Implementation of a Behavioral Economics Electronic Health Record (BE-EHR) Module to Reduce Overtreatment of Diabetes in Older Adults

Belli, H. M., Chokshi, S. K., Hegde, R., Troxel, A. B., Blecker, S., Testa, P. A., Anderman, J., Wong, C., & Mann, D. M. (2020) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06119-z · Cited by 27

The Importance of Strengthening Mother and Child Health Services during the First 1000 Days of Life: The Foundation of Optimum Health, Growth and Development

Indrio, F., Dargenio, V. N., Marchese, F., Giardino, I., Vural, M., Carrasco-Sanz, A., Pietrobelli, A., & Pettoello‐Mantovani, M. (2022) · The Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.03.001 · Cited by 29

Default Nudge and Street Lightning Conservation: Towards a Policy Proposal for the Current Energy Crisis

Meramveliotakis, G., & Μanioudis, Μ. (2023) · Journal of the Knowledge Economy · doi:10.1007/s13132-023-01458-8 · Cited by 25

The Choice Channel of Financial Innovation

Iachan, F. S., Nenov, P. T., & Simsek, A. (2021) · American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · doi:10.1257/mac.20180429 · Cited by 25

Are default contributions sticky? An experimental analysis of defaults in public goods provision

Cappelletti, D., Mittone, L., & Ploner, M. (2014) · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2014.01.002 · Cited by 25

Is rational choice theory still a rational choice of theory? A response to Opp

Manzo, G. (2013) · Social Science Information · doi:10.1177/0539018413488477 · Cited by 30

Richard H. Thaler: A Nobel Prize for Behavioural Economics

Earl, P. E. (2018) · Review of Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09538259.2018.1513236 · Cited by 34

Superannuation in Australia: A Survey of the Literature

Kingston, G. H., & Thorp, S. (2018) · Economic Record · doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12443 · Cited by 25

Credible Commitment or Paternalism? The Case of Unamendability

Michel, S., & Cofone, I. (2018) · Ius gentium · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95141-6_5 · Cited by 24

Green Capitalism, Sustainability, and Everyday Practice

Gäbler, K. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16477-9_4 · Cited by 25

Theorizing the behavioral state: Resolving the theory-practice paradox of policy sciences

Leong, C., & Howlett, M. P. (2020) · Public Policy and Administration · doi:10.1177/0952076720977588 · Cited by 24

Robotomorphy

Sætra, H. S. (2021) · AI and Ethics · doi:10.1007/s43681-021-00092-x · Cited by 27

The Normative Problem of Merit Goods in Perspective

Desmarais-Tremblay, M. (2016) · Forum for Social Economics · doi:10.1080/07360932.2016.1196593 · Cited by 30

James M. Buchanan: Through an Austrian window

Rizzo, M. J. (2014) · The Review of Austrian Economics · doi:10.1007/s11138-014-0260-1 · Cited by 23

Systematic review of the effects of decision fatigue in healthcare professionals on medical decision-making

Maier, M., Powell, D., Murchie, P., & Allan, J. (2025) · Health Psychology Review · doi:10.1080/17437199.2025.2513916 · Cited by 26

Nudging is Ineffective When Attitudes Are Unsupportive: An Example from a Natural Field Experiment

Dewies, M., Schop-Etman, A., Rohde, K. I. M., & Denktaş, S. (2021) · Basic and Applied Social Psychology · doi:10.1080/01973533.2021.1917412 · Cited by 24

Principles of Nudging and Boosting: Steering or Empowering Decision-Making for Behavioral Development Economics

Espinosa, V. I., Wang, W. H., & de Soto, J. H. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14042145 · Cited by 30

Wohlwollendes Anschubsen: Was ist mit liberalem Paternalismus zu erreichen und was sind seine Nebenwirkungen?

Schnellenbach, J. (2011) · Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2516.2012.00381.x · Cited by 23

Mitigating Choice Overload: An Experiment in the U.S. Beer Market

Malone, T., & Lusk, J. L. (2018) · Journal of Wine Economics · doi:10.1017/jwe.2018.34 · Cited by 23

Behavioral criminology and public policy

Loughran, T. A. (2019) · Criminology & Public Policy · doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12465 · Cited by 28

Relativistic financial decisions: Context effects on retirement saving and investment risk preferences

Vlaev, I., Chater, N., & Stewart, N. (2007) · Judgment and Decision Making · doi:10.1017/s1930297500000619 · Cited by 24

Revealing the Discourses: White Entrepreneurial Motivation in Black South Africa

Boluk, K. A. (2011) · Tourism Planning & Development · doi:10.1080/21568316.2011.573922 · Cited by 23

Product innovation and consumer choice in the UK financial services industry

Costanzo, L. A., & Ashton, J. K. (2006) · Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance · doi:10.1108/13581980610685658 · Cited by 23

Incorporating Employee Heterogeneity into Default Rules for Retirement Plan Selection

Goda, G. S., & Manchester, C. F. (2013) · The Journal of Human Resources · doi:10.1353/jhr.2013.0000 · Cited by 23

Student Loan Nudges: Experimental Evidence on Borrowing and Educational Attainment

Marx, B., & Turner, L. (2017) · National Bureau of Economic Research · doi:10.3386/w24060 · Cited by 24

Not just User Control in the General Data Protection Regulation

Quelle, C. (2016) · IFIP advances in information and communication technology · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55783-0_11 · Cited by 22

Abandoning Medical Authority: When Medical Professionals Confront Stigmatized Adolescent Sex and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine

Fenton, A. (2019) · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · doi:10.1177/0022146519849895 · Cited by 22

The Limits to Libertarian Paternalism: Two New Critiques and Seven Best-Practice Imperatives

Gill, N., & Gill, M. (2012) · Environment and Planning C Government and Policy · doi:10.1068/c11149r · Cited by 21

Behavioural interventions for micro-mobility adoption: Low-hanging fruits or hard nuts to crack?

Bao, H. X. H., & Lim, Y. H. (2022) · Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.trf.2021.12.011 · Cited by 22

Default rules in investment decision-making: trait anxiety and decision-making styles

Gambetti, E., Zucchelli, M. M., Nori, R., & Giusberti, F. (2022) · Financial Innovation · doi:10.1186/s40854-021-00329-y · Cited by 24

Reinventing Marketing and Public Policy for the Twenty-First Century: An Editorial Statement

Stewart, D. W. (2013) · Journal of Public Policy & Marketing · doi:10.1509/jppm.32.1.1 · Cited by 22

Does personalized information improve health plan choices when individuals are distracted?

Kaufmann, C., Müller, T., Hefti, A., & Boes, S. (2018) · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2018.03.013 · Cited by 24

The discourse of bounded rationality in academic and policy arenas: pathologising the errant consumer

Mehta, J. (2013) · Cambridge Journal of Economics · doi:10.1093/cje/bet040 · Cited by 22

The Conflict Between Conservation and Recreation When Visitors Dislike Crowding: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Recreational Beach Users

Tratalos, J. A., Sugden, R., Bateman, I. J., Gill, J. A., Jones, A. P., Showler, D. A., Sutherland, W. J., & Watkinson, A. R. (2013) · Environmental and Resource Economics · doi:10.1007/s10640-013-9634-2 · Cited by 22

Resources, Capabilities, and Routines in Public OrganizationsPreprint

Klein, P. G., Mahoney, J. T., McGahan, A. M., & Pitelis, C. N. (2010) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1550028 · Cited by 22

Commitment devices: beyond the medical ethics of nudges

Hodson, N. (2022) · Journal of Medical Ethics · doi:10.1136/medethics-2021-107967 · Cited by 21

Why Inequalities Persist in Public Deliberation: Five Mechanisms of Marginalization

Holdo, M., & Sagrelius, L. Ö. (2019) · Political Studies · doi:10.1177/0032321719868707 · Cited by 21

Tutorial. A Behavioral Analysis of Rationality, Nudging, and Boosting: Implications for Policymaking

Tagliabue, M. (2022) · Perspectives on Behavior Science · doi:10.1007/s40614-021-00324-9 · Cited by 28

Seeing the nudge from the trees: The 4S framework for evaluating nudges

Mills, S., & Whittle, R. (2023) · Public Administration · doi:10.1111/padm.12941 · Cited by 21

Health systems futures: The challenges of technology, prevention and insurance

Costa‐Font, J., & Sato, A. (2012) · Futures · doi:10.1016/j.futures.2012.04.009 · Cited by 21

Behavioral economics has two ‘souls’: Do they both depart from economic rationality?

Zarri, L. (2009) · The Journal of Socio-Economics · doi:10.1016/j.socec.2009.06.008 · Cited by 21

In Search of Lost Nudges

Lecouteux, G. (2015) · Review of Philosophy and Psychology · doi:10.1007/s13164-015-0265-0 · Cited by 22

Individual Characteristics, Behavioral Biases, and Trade Policy Preferences: Evidence from a Survey in Japan

Tomiura, E., Ito, B., Mukunoki, H., & Wakasugi, R. (2016) · Review of International Economics · doi:10.1111/roie.12248 · Cited by 23

Labelling Genetically Modified Food: The Right to Know

Sand, P. H. (2006) · Review of European Community & International Environmental Law · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9388.2006.00520.x · Cited by 21

Insurance Take-Up in Rural China: Learning from Hypothetical ExperiencePreprint

Cai, J., & Song, C. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2161649 · Cited by 21

Preference for SimplicityPreprint

Puri, I. (2018) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3253494 · Cited by 20

Valuing Morbidity in Environmental Benefit-Cost Analysis

Cameron, T. A. (2014) · Annual Review of Resource Economics · doi:10.1146/annurev-resource-091912-151943 · Cited by 20

Understanding how gamification influences consumers’ dietary preferences

Aydın, S. Ö., & Argan, M. (2021) · Journal of Social Marketing · doi:10.1108/jsocm-09-2019-0137 · Cited by 24

On the possibility of an anti-paternalist behavioural welfare economics

Thoma, J. (2021) · Journal of Economic Methodology · doi:10.1080/1350178x.2021.1972128 · Cited by 20

The Whole PERSON Health Score: A Patient-Focused Tool to Measure Nonmedical Determinants of Health

Khurana, D., Leung, G., Sasaninia, B., Tran, D., Khan, M., & Firek, A. F. (2022) · NEJM Catalyst · doi:10.1056/cat.22.0096 · Cited by 20

Deployment of Source Address Validation by Network Operators: A Randomized Control Trial

Lone, Q., Frik, A., Luckie, M. J., Korczyński, M., van Eeten, M. J. G., & Gañán, C. (2022) · IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) · doi:10.1109/sp46214.2022.9833701 · Cited by 20

AI, Behavioural Science, and Consumer Welfare

Mills, S., Costa, S., & Sunstein, C. R. (2023) · Journal of Consumer Policy · doi:10.1007/s10603-023-09547-6 · Cited by 35

Libertarian paternalism and health care policy: a deliberative proposal

Schiavone, G., Anna, G. D., Mameli, M., Rebba, V. S., & Boniolo, G. (2013) · Medicine Health Care and Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s11019-013-9502-4 · Cited by 20

Nudging the obese: a UK–US consideration

Oliver, A., & Ubel, P. A. (2014) · Health Economics Policy and Law · doi:10.1017/s1744133114000103 · Cited by 20

The effect of financial knowledge and demographic variables on passive and active investment in Chile's pension plan

Kristjanpoller, W., & Olson, J. E. (2014) · Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance · doi:10.1017/s1474747214000213 · Cited by 21

The challenges and opportunities of ‘nudging’

Codagnone, C., Veltri, G., Lupiáñez‐Villanueva, F., & Bogliacino, F. (2014) · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · doi:10.1136/jech-2014-203948 · Cited by 22

Shale Gas The Promise and the Peril

Rao, V. (2012) · doi:10.3768/rtipress.2012.bk.0009.1206 · Cited by 20

The behavioral welfare economics of insurance

Harrison, G. W. (2019) · The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review · doi:10.1057/s10713-019-00042-y · Cited by 20

Nudging and the choice architecture of offending decisions

Pogarsky, G., & Herman, S. (2019) · Criminology & Public Policy · doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12470 · Cited by 23

Active and Forced Choice for Overcoming Status Quo Bias: A Field Experiment on the Adoption of “No junk mail” Stickers in Berlin, Germany

Liebig, G., & Rommel, J. (2014) · Journal of Consumer Policy · doi:10.1007/s10603-014-9264-2 · Cited by 20

A Default Option to Enhance Nutrition Within Financial Constraints: A Randomized, Controlled Proof‐of‐Principle Trial

Coffino, J. A., & Hormes, J. M. (2018) · Obesity · doi:10.1002/oby.22151 · Cited by 20

Planning for natural disasters in a stochastic world

Lave, L. B., & Apt, J. (2006) · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · doi:10.1007/s11166-006-0174-9 · Cited by 20

Cognitive Biases, Cognitive Limits, and Risk Communication

Baron, J. (2004) · Journal of Public Policy & Marketing · doi:10.1509/jppm.23.1.7.30397 · Cited by 21

Increasing altruistic and cooperative behaviour with simple moral nudgesPreprint

Capraro, V., Jagfeld, G., Klein, R., Mul, M., & van de Pol, I. (2019) · PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/tbhqa · Cited by 22

Understanding the user perception of digital nudging in platform interface design

Hettler, F. M., Schumacher, J.-P., Anton, E., Eybey, B., & Teuteberg, F. (2024) · Electronic Commerce Research · doi:10.1007/s10660-024-09825-6 · Cited by 19

Facts and Fears in Public Reporting: Patients’ Information Needs and Priorities When Selecting a Hospital for Cancer Care

Chimonas, S. C., Fortier, E., Li, D. G., & Lipitz‐Snyderman, A. (2019) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x19855050 · Cited by 19

Innovation nudging—A novel approach to foster innovation engagement in an incumbent company

Stieler, M., & Henike, T. (2021) · Creativity and Innovation Management · doi:10.1111/caim.12475 · Cited by 19

Behavioural insights for sustainable energy use

Luis Mundaca, T., Zhu, X., & Hackenfort, M. (2022) · Energy Policy · doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113292 · Cited by 21

The paternalist politics of punitive and enabling workfare: evidence from a new dataset on workfare reforms in 16 countries, 1980–2015

Horn, A., Kevins, A., & van Kersbergen, K. (2022) · Socio-Economic Review · doi:10.1093/ser/mwac060 · Cited by 19

Consumer support of policy measures to increase sustainability in food consumption

Ammann, J., Arbenz, A., Mack, G., & Siegrist, M. (2025) · Food Policy · doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102822 · Cited by 19

Operationalizing the capability approach to assessing well-being

Agee, M. D., & Crocker, T. D. (2013) · The Journal of Socio-Economics · doi:10.1016/j.socec.2013.07.003 · Cited by 19

Libertarian Paternalism in Theory

(2022) · The MIT Press eBooks · doi:10.7551/mitpress/14401.003.0011

Libertarian Paternalism and Limited Government: A ReconsiderationPreprint

Maloberti, N. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2061593 · Cited by 1

Libertarian Paternalism and Laissez-faire

Lee, K. S., & Hong, H. (2009) · The Korean Journal of Economic Studies

Libertarian Paternalism in Practice

(2022) · The MIT Press eBooks · doi:10.7551/mitpress/14401.003.0012

7. Libertarian Paternalism

(2015) · Princeton University Press eBooks · doi:10.1515/9781400866298-008 · Cited by 1