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Healthy, nudged, and wise : experimental evidence on the role of cost reminders in healthy decision-making

Fakir, Adnan M. S.; Bharati, Tushar - 2021

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Early life exposure to measles and later-life outcomes : evidence from the introduction of a vaccine

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hinke Kessler Scholder, … - 2023

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Anatomy of a health scare : education, income and the MMR controversy in the UK

Anderberg, Dan (contributor); Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2009

One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly … absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short …

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Motivated health risk denial and preventative health care investments

Schwardmann, Peter - 2017

which an agent's decision to engage in health risk denial balances the psychological benefits of reduced anxiety with the …People deny health risks, invest too little in disease prevention, and are highly sensitive to the price of … preventative health care, especially in developing countries. Moreover, private sector R and D spending on developing …

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Monetary incentives and the contagion of unethical behavior

Le Maux, Benoît; Masclet, David; Necker, Sarah - 2021

We analyze both theoretically and empirically how monetary incentives and information about others’ behavior affect dishonesty. We run a laboratory experiment with 560 participants, each of whom observes a number from one to six with there being a payoff associated with each number. They can...

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An economic model of conformist behavior

Jones, Stephen R. G. - 1983

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Control, cost, and confidence : perseverance and procrastination in the face of failure

Deimen, Inga; Wirtz, Julia - 2020

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Persuasion against self-control problems

Wangenheim, Jonas von - 2018

I derive a social planner's optimal information design in an environment with quasi-hyperbolic discounting consumers without commitment. Consumption induces instantaneous utility, but unknown delayed cost. Consumers may or may not acquire additional costless information on the cost parameter....

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Everyday econometricians : selection neglect and overoptimism when learning from others

Barron, Kai; Huck, Steffen; Jehiel, Philippe - 2019

There are many important decision problems where learning through experimentation is costly or impossible. In these situations, individuals may try to learn from observing the outcomes of others who have made similar decisions. Often, however, information about others comprises a selected...

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An experimental analysis of overconfidence in tarif choice

Dowling, Katharina; Spann, Martin; Stich, Lucas - 2019

Digitalization has changed existing business models and enabled new ones. This development has been accompanied by the emergence of new pricing options and the possibility of applying established pricing models in new domains. Today, consumers can, for example, pay for accessing a product...

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