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values in e-commerce platforms and rating web sites. By means of a field experiment that exogenously manipulates prior … ratings when evaluating their stay (i.e., social influence bias). Results show that positive social influence exists, and that … influence bias interpretation. Finally, also repeat customers are affected by prior ratings, although to a lesser extent with …
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values in e-commerce platforms and rating web sites. By means of a field experiment that exogenously manipulates prior … ratings when evaluating their stay (i.e., social influence bias). Results show that positive social influence exists, and that … influence bias interpretation. Finally, also repeat customers are affected by prior ratings, although to a lesser extent with …
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In three large-scale field experiments with over 32,500 individuals, we investigate whether public transport uptake can be influenced by behavioral interventions and by economic incentives. Despite their effectiveness in other domains, we find a tightly estimated zero for social norms and...
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Redress to consumers following the mis-selling of financial products is an important regulatory tool to secure an appropriate degree of protection for consumers, one of the three operational objectives of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In 2011/12, excluding compensation for payment...
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and can improve individual and public welfare. This paper presents the results of a controlled experiment that was … experiment, and those who kept participating were less likely to pledge again. This, along with high attrition among nudged … selection effect of nudges, and discuss practical implications of our experiment in terms of the applicability of default …
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Non-pecuniary incentives motivated by insights from psychology ("nudges") have been shown to be effective tools to change behavior in a variety of fields. An often unanswered question relevant for public policy is whether these promising interventions can be scaled up. In cooperation with a...
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Non-pecuniary incentives motivated by insights from psychology ("nudges") have been shown to be effective tools to change behavior in a variety of fields. An often unanswered question relevant for public policy is whether these promising interventions can be scaled up. In cooperation with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260629