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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/36347| Appears in Collections: | Economics Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Self-control failures, as judged by themselves |
| Author(s): | Lades, Leonhard K Delaney, Liam |
| Contact Email: | l.k.lades@stir.ac.uk |
| Issue Date: | 8-Oct-2024 |
| Date Deposited: | 15-Oct-2024 |
| Citation: | Lades LK & Delaney L (2024) Self-control failures, as judged by themselves. <i>Humanities and Social Sciences Communications</i>, 11, Art. No.: 1351. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03845-1 |
| Abstract: | The existence of self-control failures is often used to legitimize public policy interventions. The argument is that reducing self-control failures can make people better off, as judged by themselves. However, there is only scarce evidence on the frequency and welfare costs of self-control failures. This paper presents a survey method that allows us to measure self-control failures in everyday life and to identify their welfare costs in terms of associations with experienced subjective well-being. We present novel survey evidence using this method and discuss its implications for behavioural welfare economics and behavioural public policy. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1057/s41599-024-03845-1 |
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