COVID-19, influencing most of the world since December 2019, has serious social, economic and psychological effects. Governments and international corporations have applied behavioral public policies in addition paternalistic policies to combat COVID-19. According to behavioral economists; individual behaviors are under the influence of moral norms and values. Religion is one of the moral norm sources. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to answer the question of “Can religion be used as a behavioral public policy tool to struggle with COVID-19?”. The study is based on a literature review. As a result, it is recommended that; religion can be used as a behavioral public policy tool to combat COVID-19 by integrating nudge methods as priming, social norms, messenger and peer comparison. Factors as; the individuals’ trust level in religious leaders and institutions, the religiosity level of the society, the tools used to motivate the society to conform to COVID-19 measures and how could these measures be diversified for different sub groups are considered to be decisive.
Behavioral public policies nudge religion COVID-19 Behavioral public policies, nudge, religion, COVID-19
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | November 30, 2021 |
Submission Date | March 30, 2021 |
Published in Issue | Year 2021 Volume: 39 Issue: Covid 19 Özel Sayısı |
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