We show that ordinary appointments can act as effective substitutes for hard commitment devices and increase demand for a critical healthcare service, particularly among those with self-control problems. We show this using an experiment that randomly offered HIV testing appointments and hard...

Intro -- Praise for The Healthy Workplace Nudge -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction: The Elephant Whisperer -- The Things We See and the Things We Miss -- Promises, Promises -- The View from the Ridge -- Part I, Slow-Moving...

In a recent article, Mannion and Davies argue that there are a multitude of ways in which organizations (such as the National Health Service [NHS]) can deal with wrongdoing or ethical problems, including the formation of policies that encourage and protect would-be whistleblowers. However, it is...