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Welfare economics is a field of economics that applies microeconomic techniques to evaluate the overall well-being of a society, often informing public economics and serving as the foundation for cost-benefit analysis. The intersection of welfare economics and behavioral economics has given rise to the subfield of behavioral welfare economics, which has been explored by economists such as Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. The principles of welfare economics have been applied in various contexts, including environmental economics, as seen in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the research of economists like Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen.