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peggy kamuf has translated several works by Jacques Derrida and edited two volumes of his essays, A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds (Columbia University Press, 1991) and Without Alibi(Stanford University Press, 2002). The author most recently of Book of Addresses (Stanford University Press, 2005), she teaches French and comparative literature at the University of Southern California.

Behavioral interventions in general, and nudges in particular have become in recent years a popular (soft) regulatory instrument all around the world. Despite the excitement around this policy-relevant field, some concerns have been raised. Nudges utilize behavioral biases in order to direct an individual's behavior. People, however, are usually not aware of the fact that such biases are used to influence their behavior. Making nudges transparent is important in democratic societies; yet, this might inhibit their effectiveness. Whether transparency inhibits the effect of a nudge was examined with respect to default nudges. However, this is the first paper to examine the effectiveness of transparent social norm nudges. Using an online experiment, we find that unlike with defaults, where transparency seems not to have inhibitive effects, disclosing the way social norms work and the purpose of using them diminishes the positive social norm effect. By means of heterogeneity analysis, we show that these results (the positive effect of the nudge and the inhibitive influence of transparency) hold only for male participants. Given the proliferation of nudges in public policies around the world, these results call for further research on nudges and transparency.

For economists, r* refers to the “natural rate of interest” that emerges from economic theory. It’s the “Goldilocks” interest rate that is not too high and not too low: that is, the interest rate that would occur “naturally” in the economy when the economy is at potential output and inflation is stable. A “tight” or … Continue reading Follow R-Star?
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Follow your Heart - By Susanna Tamaro

Of the 14 recommendations contained in the May 2005 report, 5 have been implemented, 1 was found to be not applicable, and the remaining have not been implemented.

Lohnt sich die Renovierung der Heizungsanlage? Sollte man nicht gleich eine energetische Generalsanierung anpacken? Aber wenn sich die Energiekosten an den Kostenträger weiterreichen lassen? Bleibt die Regel mit den 16 qm Mindestgröße und die Zweibettzimmerquote dauerhaft bestehen? Lassen sich die Zweitbettzimmer überhaupt noch belegen? Prof. Dr. Bernd Halfar lehrt an der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt und ist unter anderem Experte für Sozialimmobilien. Seine Forderung: Die Sozialwirtschaft wird kooperativer werden müssen, wenn Immobilienprojekte schneller, kostengünstiger und unbürokratischer realisiert werden sollen.