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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-990-7-0111

BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENTS IN PUBLIC SECTOR

Mária Murray Svidroňová1, Nikoleta Jakuš Muthová1
1 Department of Public Economics and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Tajovského 10, 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

In this paper we present preliminary results of a research project aimed at mapping the preferences of young people in the areas of public sector such as housing, employment and commuting. To do so we will employ methods of behavioral economics and experiments. First of all, we did a bibliometric analysis of studies dealing with behavioral experiments in the selected areas to reveal a gap for future research. We focused on a time period of 2010–2023. For mapping we used VosViewer and data from the Web of Science database. Results indicate that even there are some experiments done in the areas of housing, employment or commuting, there is no methodology based on behavioral economics to reveal the preferences of young people in these areas.

Keywords: behavioral economics, experimental research, preferences of young people, housing preferences, employment preferences, transportation preferences

pages: 111-119, online: 2024



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