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dc.contributor.authorGodi, Matteo
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T13:42:45Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T13:42:45Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2384/582974
dc.description.abstractThe consumer-protection literature can be divided into two camps: laissez-faire libertarianism and paternalism. Paternalism, as advanced by behavioral law and economics, calls for nudging consumers toward their utility-maximizing preference. Laissez-faire libertarianism, instead, calls for relying on rational-choice theory and the free market to allocate consumer goods. Although each camp presents the other as its diametric opponent, this Note shows that this dichotomy is overstated. Neither camp is incompatible with the other, nor infallible on its own. Through an original behavioral study, this Note reveals flaws in the fundamental assumptions of both camps: that no information can be conveyed neutrally (behavioral law and economics) and that consumer-oriented regulation diminishes autonomy (rational-choice theory). It does so by focusing on an understudied form of consumer-protection regulation: mixed framing. Legal scholars and regulators have largely ignored this phenomenon, yet it offers a more robust and actionable regulatory approach than the existing literature and one that is distinct from both paternalism and libertarianism. By examining the case study of food-safety regulations, this Note sketches the analytic and normative case for why regulators should embrace mixed framing. Using a process of debiasing through mixed framing, agencies can promulgate rules that minimize the risk of deceptive advertising tactics and maximize the provision of neutral and complete information—without running afoul of the First Amendment or falling into paternalistic restrictions on autonomy.en_US
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dc.titleBeyond Nudging: Debiasing Consumers Through Mixed Framingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.source.volume128en_US
dc.source.issue7en_US
dc.source.beginpage2034en_US
dc.source.endpage2086en_US
dc.source.numberofpages53en_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-02-07T13:42:45Z
dc.source.journaltitleThe Yale Law Journalen_US


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