We examine the views toward libertarian-paternalistic (soft) governmental interventions in a series of online experiments conducted in three countries. We use both standard and new methods to elicit attitudes toward soft interventions in various hypothetical scenarios. The majority of the participants accept these types of interventions by the government. However, a substantial proportion opposes them and would prefer that the government simply provide information to help the public make the right choice rather than use a more effective choice architecture intervention. Some even refuse to make the choice that the government promotes, although they would have done so in the absence of the intervention. The opposition to soft interventions appears to be driven by concerns about manipulation and the fear of a slippery slope to nonconsensual interventions. Opposition to soft interventions is reduced when they are implemented by employers rather than the government.

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人民对自由主义-家长制政策的看法

我们在三个国家进行的一系列在线实验中研究了对自由主义者-家长式（软性）政府干预的看法。我们使用标准方法和新方法来在各种假设场景中引起对软干预的态度。大多数参与者接受政府的这类干预。但是，很大一部分人反对他们，他们宁愿政府只是提供信息来帮助公众做出正确的选择，而不是使用更有效的选择架构干预措施。有些人甚至拒绝做出政府推动的选择，尽管他们会在没有干预的情况下这样做。对软干预的反对似乎是由于对操纵的担忧和对非自愿干预的滑坡的担心。当由雇主而不是政府实施软干预时，对软干预的反对就会减少。