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BUDGET PERSPECTIVES 2019, PAPER 2. USING BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS TO PRE-TEST POLICY. July 2018

Lunn, Pete and Robertson, Deirdre (2018) BUDGET PERSPECTIVES 2019, PAPER 2. USING BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS TO PRE-TEST POLICY. July 2018. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Good policy development requires the conviction and courage to know when to push through and when to admit uncertainty. This paper argues that policy can be improved when uncertainty is admitted and paired with rigorous scientific methodology. We use international and Irish examples to show how experimental behavioural research is a powerful but underused tool that policymakers can use to reduce uncertainty and add a scientific foundation to the policymaking process.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Ireland
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > budgets & financing
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > welfare state
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Budget Perspectives
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 26 Dec 2019 12:52
    Number of Pages: 35
    Last Modified: 26 Dec 2019 12:52
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/101731

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