Both theory and recent empirical evidence on nudging suggest that observability of behavior acts as an instrument for … promoting (discouraging) pro-social (anti-social) behavior. We connect three streams of literature (nudging, social preferences …, and social norms) to investigate the universality of these claims. By employing a series of high-powered laboratory and …

to cooperate. In a final step, I test whether popular behavioral interventions (defaults and norm-nudging) can eradicate …

We repeatedly elicit beliefs about the returns to study effort, in a large university course. A behavioral model of … quasi-hyperbolic discounting and malleable beliefs predicts that the dynamics of beliefs mirrors the importance of exerting … the hypothesized mechanism that beliefs serve as a means of self-control. …

sheet profiles may be perceived as non fungible in a controlled frictionless environment with no probabilistic attributes. A …

The enforcement of social norms is the fabric of a functioning society. Through the lens of mul-tiple studies using …-registered three-part data collection effort, our study investigates the extent to which norm breaches are sanctioned, how norm … behavioral experiment in Study 1, we subsequently examine how norms are perceived across dif-ferent transgressions and how norm …

find a tightly estimated zero for social norms and implementation intentions on ridership. Increasing the economic …. The effect is mainly driven by initial low users, which is evidence for habit formation and highlights the heterogeneous … effects of the policy. While there is scope for long-term behavior change, nudging might not be the right approach. …