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epidemiological models of disease transmission abstract from prosocial motivations as a driver of behaviors that impact the health of … personal benefit. Moreover, this experimental measure of prosociality predicts health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic … before the pandemic predicts health behaviors during the pandemic. Our findings indicate that prosociality is a stable, long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012223906
This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define … absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance … provide robust empirical evidence that respondents who overestimate their health are less likely to exercise and sleep enough …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228534
This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define … absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance … provide robust empirical evidence that respondents who overestimate their health are less likely to exercise and sleep enough …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219501
The effects of mindfulness interventions on food purchases and consumption are popular topics. Recent studies focus on mindfulness interventions that target overweight and obese populations. We measure the effects of a guided 5-minute body scan mindfulness intervention on 'healthier' food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014423443
epidemiological models of disease transmission abstract from prosocial motivations as a driver of behaviors that impact the health of … personal benefit. Moreover, this experimental measure of prosociality predicts health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic … before the pandemic predicts health behaviors during the pandemic. Our findings indicate that prosociality is a stable, long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014097437
substantial positive spillovers. Our findings demonstrate the great potential of incentives for improving public health and provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015074579
substantial positive spillovers. Our findings demonstrate the great potential of incentives for improving public health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015075054
perceived as a reliable signal of wealth rather than beauty and health. Second, being obese facilitates access to credit: in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815444
This paper introduces the matched-bet mechanism. The matched bet is an easily applicable and strictly budget-balanced mechanism that aims to help people overcome time-inconsistent behavior. I show theoretically that offering a matched bet helps both sophisticated and naive procrastinators to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797036
This paper introduces the matched-bet mechanism. The matched bet is an easily applicable and strictly budget-balanced mechanism that aims to help people overcome time-inconsistent behavior. I show theoretically that offering a matched bet helps both sophisticated and naive procrastinators to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477364