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Nudges and behavioral interventions have become a popular tool to stimulate prosocial behavior. Little is known, however, on how to design effective social interventions in contexts in which the descriptive norm is low, i.e. when a desirable behavior is only practiced by a minority within the...
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literature review, categorizing interventions by whether they nudge (keep options intact) or "shove" (restrict choice), and …-limiting structure to a youth's routine, like mandated tutoring, or programs that nudge parents, appear more promising. …
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We examine framing effects in nudging honesty in the spirit of the growing norm-nudge literature by utilizing a high …-powered and pre-registered study. Across four treatments, participants received one random truthful norm-nudge that emphasized … unobservable to the experimenters. We find compelling null effects with tight confidence intervals showing that none of the norm-nudge …
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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides cash assistance to very-low-income families with children. Application procedures to receive TANF benefits, however, often involve substantial transaction costs likely to reduce take-up. We estimate, through a randomized...
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"defaults" these can then be harnessed to nudge green actions. Similarly, the individual structural pursuit of profit can be …
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.g., charitable giving, is history-dependent. Using a popular policy nudge, the default option, we exogenously vary altruism "now" and … nudge itself, is the crucial element in the causal relationship. These findings are consistent with a model of positive path …
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Introducing financial incentives to increase productivity in the public sector tends to be politically and bureaucratically cumbersome, particularly in developing countries. Behavioral interventions could be a low-cost alternative, both politically and financially, although evidence of their...
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provision of reusable bags. We manipulate the type of the intervention, i.e., either a financial bonus or a nudge, and the … the bonus and the nudge considerably reduce the demand for single-use plastic bags. Free reusable bags are effective when … combined with the bonus, albeit not effective when combined with the nudge. Finally, the bonus is more powerful than the nudge …
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Angesichts der aktuellen Gasnotlage sind alle Verbraucher aufgefordert ihre Gasnachfrage zu reduzieren. Als wirksamster Anreiz zur Einsparung gelten hohe Preise. Doch viele Haushalte spüren das volle Ausmaß der Preisanstiege an den Gasmärkten aufgrund bestehender Verträge erst mit deutlicher...
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Governments in Latin America raise little revenue from property taxation, despite arguments for its efficiency and equity. Adequate registry information would support consistent collection, but registries are costly to establish and maintain. Compared to tax collection, field experimental...
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