Recommender systems are online algorithms that can help users, reducing complexity and search costs. But they also target and exploit behavioral biases. Recommender systems lend themselves to regulation through ‘budges’. … More Algorithms and Autonomy: Regulating Recommender Systems in the Age of Hyper-Nudging
For all the controversy, Eat Out to Help Out was a rare thing: a government incentive that was behaviourally sharp — and actually worked. Its lessons have been forgotten. That’s a waste. … More Eat Out to Help Out, Five Years On: A Forgotten Case Study in Behavioural Design
Governments worldwide use auctions to award valuable communication spectrum licences. In this blog, based on his recent book, Geoffrey Myers assesses the risk of behavioural biases bring risks in the high-stakes design choices faced by policy makers. … More Auctioning airwaves: Behavioural risks in government