Both theory and recent empirical evidence on nudging suggest that observability of behavior acts as an instrument for … promoting (discouraging) pro-social (anti-social) behavior. We connect three streams of literature (nudging, social preferences … results are informative for those who work on nudging and behavioral change, including scholars, company officials, and policy-makers. …

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 …

requiring subjects to send a non-verifiable ex post announcement about their contribution. The second intervention aims to nudge … post announcement mechanism does not have a significant effect on the cooperation rate. However, the nudge leads to a … striking increase in the cooperation rate. We provide suggestive evidence that the nudge we use provides subjects with a focal …

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. …