Economics A-Level
Default choices
What Default choices means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Default choices
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Powerful nudges, such as automatic enrolment into workplace pensions, because they exploit consumer inertia and the status quo bias.
Topics that use Default choices
- Behavioural economics and economic policy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Behavioural economics
- Choice architecture
- Consumer behaviour
- Framing
- Mandated choice
- Nudge
- Nudge theory
- Restricted choice
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