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Cass R. Sunstein
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 826
Citations - 63363
Cass R. Sunstein is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supreme court & Politics. The author has an hindex of 117, co-authored 787 publications receiving 57639 citations. Previous affiliations of Cass R. Sunstein include Brigham Young University & Indiana University.
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
TL;DR: In Nudge as discussed by the authors, Thaler and Sunstein argue that human beings are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder and make bad decisions involving education, personal finance, health care, mortgages and credit cards, the family, and even the planet itself.
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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.
Jay J. Van Bavel,Katherine Baicker,Paulo S. Boggio,Valerio Capraro,Aleksandra Cichocka,Aleksandra Cichocka,Mina Cikara,Molly J. Crockett,Alia J. Crum,Karen M. Douglas,James N. Druckman,John Drury,Oeindrila Dube,Naomi Ellemers,Eli J. Finkel,James H. Fowler,Michele J. Gelfand,Shihui Han,S. Alexander Haslam,Jolanda Jetten,Shinobu Kitayama,Dean Mobbs,Lucy E. Napper,Dominic J. Packer,Gordon Pennycook,Ellen Peters,Richard E. Petty,David G. Rand,Stephen Reicher,Simone Schnall,Azim F. Shariff,Linda J. Skitka,Sandra Susan Smith,Cass R. Sunstein,Nassim Tabri,Joshua A. Tucker,Sander van der Linden,Paul A. M. Van Lange,Kim A. Weeden,Michael J. A. Wohl,Jamil Zaki,Sean R. Zion,Robb Willer +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
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The science of fake news
David Lazer,Matthew A. Baum,Yochai Benkler,Adam J. Berinsky,Kelly M. Greenhill,Filippo Menczer,Miriam J. Metzger,Brendan Nyhan,Gordon Pennycook,David Rothschild,Michael Schudson,Steven A. Sloman,Cass R. Sunstein,Emily A. Thorson,Duncan J. Watts,Jonathan L. Zittrain +15 more
TL;DR: The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age as discussed by the authors. But much remains unknown regarding the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions, and society to manipulations by malicious actors.
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The Law of Group Polarization
TL;DR: Group polarization has many implications for economic, political, and legal institutions as discussed by the authors, including juries, legislatures, courts, and regulatory commissions, and it is closely connected to current concerns about the consequences of the Internet; it also helps account for feuds, ethnic antagonism and tribalism.
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A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics
TL;DR: In this paper, a broad vision of how law and economics analysis may be improved by increased attention to insights about actual human behavior is presented, including cognitive and motivational problems of both citizens and government.