Do behavioural insights matter for competition policy?
Behavioural insights make use of behavioural economics and psychology to analyse how humans behave when adopting economic decisions. The use of behavioural insights to improve policy-making is becoming increasing popular all over the world. Pensions, taxes, unemployment, energy efficiency, adult education, charitable giving and, of course, competition policy have benefitted from the application of behavioural insights. Emanuele Ciriolo, from the European Commission Joint Research Centre, explains the role of behavioural insights to improve consumer, regulatory and competition policies.
CIRIOLO Emanuele;
2016-12-23
Competition Policy International
JRC102527
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