About the Journal

Journal of Behavioral Public Administration (JBPA) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary open access journal that focuses on behavioral and experimental research in public administration, broadly defined.  JBPA encourages submissions of both basic scholarly and applied work conducted by academics or practitioners.


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Current Issue

Vol. 7 (2024)

Published: 2024-03-18

Research Articles

Short and sweet: Measuring experiences of administrative burden

Sebastian Jilke, Martin Bækgaard, Pamela Herd, Donald Moynihan

Decreasing compliance costs using behavioral interventions: An evaluation of lead testing in Chicago

Sarah Souders, Leonard Lopoo, Sheena Mirpuri, Patrick Schwer, Emily Cardon

Synthesis Reports

Perspectives and Practices

Symposium on Taking "behavior" literally in BPA

Symposium introduction: Taking behavior literally in BPA

Kevin B. Smith, Ulrich T. Jensen, Joanna N. Lahey
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