Over the past five years, behavioural economics has been rapidly propelled from the
margins of economic analysis towards the policy mainstream. In this context, this study
offers an international review of the initial applications of behavioural economics
to policy, with a particular focus on regulatory policy. It describes the extent to
which behavioural findings have begun to influence public policy in a number of OECD
countries, referring to a total of more than 60 instances, the majority of which concern
regulatory policy.