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1. Introduction: Agency and Control

Author : Cass R. Sunstein

Published in: Human Agency and Behavioral Economics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

For most people, control has some intrinsic value; people care about maintaining it and will pay something to do so. Whenever a private or public institution blocks choices or interferes with agency, some people will rebel, even if exercising control would not result in material benefits or might produce material harms. On the other hand, people sometimes want to relinquish control, because exercising agency is burdensome or costly.

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Metadata
Title
Introduction: Agency and Control
Author
Cass R. Sunstein
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Human Agency and Behavioral Economics

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-55806-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-55807-3

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55807-3_1

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