Taxing meat optimally is a first-best policy outcome to internalize environmental harms. However, meat taxes often lack public and governmental support. Recent research indicates that support for meat taxes can be improved by combining behavioral nudges with fiscal measures. In this study, we...

A shift to more sustainable diets is needed to ensure food security and to reduce the pressure on the environment. Yet, many consumers have misconceptions about the environmental impacts of their diets and lack knowledge on how to prepare sustainable meals. This study uses a mixed-methods...

Researchers across academic disciplines have applied Instructional Manipulation Checks (IMCs) to detect inattentive survey participants (Anduiza & Galais, 2017; Motta, Callaghan, & Smith, 2016; Oppenheimer, Meyvis, & Davidenko, 2009; Paas & Morren, 2018; Peer, Brandimarte, Samat, & Acquisti, 2017; Persson &...

Using a nationally representative sample of 1052 respondents from the United Kingdom, we systematically tested the associations between the experimental trust game and a range of popular self-reported measures for trust, such as the General Social Survey (GSS) and the Rosenberg scale for...

This paper makes a novel attempt at understanding the effect of a classic information nudge combined with a reflective commitment device in influencing the dietary choices of individuals. In doing so, it undertakes a field experiment with an unchanged subject pool at LSE Bankside Residential...

Nudges have been increasingly deployed to deliver climate policies in the last decade. Recent evidence shows nudges are hard to scale–up. So can we use nudges more effectively, or should we rely on other tools of behaviour change? We argue that reflective strategies can enhance nudges by...

Using a nationally representative sample of 1052 respondents from the United Kingdom, we systematically tested the associations between the experimental trust game and a range of popular self-reported measures for trust, such as the General Social Survey (GSS) and the Rosenberg scale for...

We outline a modified version of behaviour change called nudge plus, which incorporates an element of reflection as part of the delivery of a nudge. Nudge plus builds on recent work advocating educative nudges and boosts. Its argument turns on seminal work on dual systems that presents a more...