Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Following the recent retraction of the American Health Care Act, two researchers propose four general principles ...

Editor’s note: This is one of several posts Health Affairs Blog will publish stemming from sessions at the June 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Minneapolis. Watch Health Affairs ...

A growing wave of clinical trials is testing whether principles from behavioral economics can improve adherence to weight management strategies, one of the most persistent challenges in obesity care.

Suggested Citation: "11 Findings Across the Policy Domains." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Behavioral Economics: Policy Impact and ...

Behavioral economics studies how psychological tendencies influence economic decisions and outcomes. Concepts such as loss aversion and bounded rationality explain why people evaluate outcomes ...

Imagine that a patient suffering from unusually profound amnesia has two toasters in his kitchen. The toaster on the right functions normally. The toaster on the left delivers an electric shock when ...

Behavioral economics combines psychology and economics to understand human behavior. People often make decisions based on their emotions and act on impulse. However, the right nudges—monetary and ...

Ever bought a monthly gym membership thinking it would make you go more often? Or chosen a health insurance policy with a lower deductible, even though the premium was much higher? You’re not alone – ...

Behavioral economics increasingly influences practice and policy, as I, a researcher and consultant on behavior change, witness on a daily basis. In fact, it proves a powerful way to help people into ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Behavioral economics has had a growing influence on public policy over the past ...