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You can win by losing! : using self-betting as a commitment device : evidence from a weight loss program
Hirt-Schierbaum, Linda; Ivets, Maryna - 2020
In this paper we investigate the influence of financial incentives on agents’ commitment success who use a self … financial incentives incorporated into the self-bet mechanism encourage commitment and weight loss. More specifically, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012320610
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The effects of a commitment device on health outcomes : reputational commitment and weight loss in an online experiment
Savani, Manu Manthri - In: International journal of applied behavioral economics : … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941331
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A case study of a workplace wellness program that offers financial incentives for weight loss
Cawley, John H.; Price, Joshua A. - In: Journal of health economics 32 (2013) 5, pp. 794-803
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010210775
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The Causal Link Between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss – An Evidence-based Survey of the Literature
Paloyo, Alfredo; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger; … - 2011
is through the use of financial incentives. In this survey, we review the available evidence with a significant emphasis …Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior … on studies that yield credible estimates of the effect of financial incentives on weight loss. We find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287426
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The Causal Link Between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss – An Evidence-based Survey of the Literature
Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt Rüdiger; … - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
is through the use of financial incentives. In this survey, we review the available evidence with a significant emphasis …Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior … on studies that yield credible estimates of the effect of financial incentives on weight loss. We find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385729
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Small cash rewards for big losers : experimental insights into the fight against the obesity epidemic
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2014
. This is the first experiment of this kind that finds effects of weight loss rewards up to 18 months after they were removed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461941
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The causal link between financial incentives and weight loss : an evidence-based survey of the literature
Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger - 2011
estimates of the effect. -- Financial incentives ; weight loss ; obesity ; randomized experiment ; survey … is through the use of financial incentives. In this survey, we review the available evidence with a significant emphasis …Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580235
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The behavioralist as nutritionist : leveraging behavioral economics to improve child food choice and consumption
List, John A.; Samek, Anya Savikhin - In: Journal of health economics 39 (2015), pp. 135-146
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281900
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
that financial incentives can motivate people to lose weight significantly. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives …We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 … for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669779
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
that financial incentives can motivate people to lose weight significantly. -- randomized experiment ; financial incentives …We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 … for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629768