To complement their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, governments can employ nudges - non-coercive changes in choice architecture that affect behavior without altering incentives. However, some social minority groups, that may be more vulnerable to the pandemic, may be less supportive of...

A common dilemma in regulation is determining how much trust authorities can place in people's self-reports, especially in regulatory contexts where the incentive to cheat is very high. In such contexts, regulators, who are typically risk averse, do not readily confer trust, resulting worldwide...

Authorities and managers often rely on individuals’ and businesses’ self-reports, and employ various kinds of veracity statements, honesty pledges or oaths to ensure they do not over-claim payments, benefits, or other resources. While some research show honesty pledges can reduce dishonesty,...

When asked to mentally simulate coin tosses, people generate sequences which differ systematically from those generated by fair coins. It has been rarely noted that this divergence is apparent already in the very first mental toss. Analysis of several existing data sets reveals that about 80% of...

Purpose This paper aims to examine how reversibility in disclosing personal information – that is, having (vs not having) to option to later revise or retract personal information – can impact consumers’ willingness to divulge personal information. Design/methodology/approach Three studies...

People make systematic and predictable mistakes regarding estimations of average speed and journey time. In addition, people have been shown to commit a time-saving bias by underestimating the time that can be saved when increasing from a low speed and overestimating the time that can be saved...

Health care resource allocation is a central moral issue in health policy, and opinions about it have been studied extensively. Allocation situations have typically been described and presented in a positive manner (i.e., who should receive medical aid). On the other hand, the negative valence...