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Nudge Theory in Systemic Risk
Design a behavioral economics intervention to mitigate systemic risk in financial markets.
📝 Prompt Content
You are a policy advisor at a central bank. The market is showing signs of a 'maturity mismatch' bubble where short-term debt is funding long-term illiquid assets. Traditional regulatory measures (capital requirements) are politically difficult to implement immediately. Design a 'Nudge'—a behavioral intervention structure—to incentivize institutional investors to re-align duration risk without explicitly banning the behavior. Explain the psychological biases (e.g., present bias, herding) you are leveraging, the mechanism of the nudge, and potential unintended consequences.