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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"nudges"”.
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Comic-style nudges for behavioral change
The major objective of this study is to examine the persuasive effect of comic-form messages compared to plain text messages on social network. We evaluated and compared several different comic parameters to understand the comic elements that can make a comic message more persuasive. With all kinds …
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Climate nudges : psychological tools to fix a warming planet
… beneath him slowly melt. Small psychological nudges like this have profoundly shaped people's choices in countless fields, from medicine to economics to policy. But can these tiny nudges help us take on the largest problems? Before the Goliath climate change, here stand the pioneers in …
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Investigating the Effects of Nudges for Facilitating the Use of Trigger Warnings and Content Warnings
… determine whether a TW/CW is needed and if so, nudges the social media poster to add one with an example of what it may look like. We then conducted a 4-part mixed methods study with 88 participants. Our key findings from this study include (1) Nudging social media users to add TW/CW educates …
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Sesgos Cognitivos y Nudges en la Campaña Presidencial de Javier Milei: Un Análisis de Economía del Comportamiento
El éxito electoral de Javier Milei no puede explicarse únicamente desde un análisis político tradicional, sino que debe abordarse desde la economía del comportamiento y la neuropolítica. Este estudio analiza cómo los sesgos cognitivos, la movilización emocional y las estrategias discursivas …
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Doubled SNAP Dollars and Nudges: An Analysis of Two Pilot Programs Aimed at Increasing the Purchase of Healthy Foods
… pilot program is a set of three behavioral nudges designed to increase the purchase of bananas in a convenience store environment. The impact of each pilot program was measured using a pre- and post-experiment difference-in-differences design. The results of both pilots are modest and …
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The effect of digital nudging on the users of eCommerce websites in South Africa
… of the study show that the individual digital nudges examined (timed promotions, shipping information, and returns information nudges) result in more positive customer responses to most of the variable questions than no nudging. Moreover, combination nudges created by combining individual nudge …
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Four essays on risk, altruism, and social norms
… study examines the various classifications of nudges in the literature by creating a unified framework that takes into account different dimensions of nudges. The second study is a field experiment on blood donations that implements a nudge policy using framing messages based on different types …
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Addressing Plastic Bags Consumption Crises through Plastic Bag Levy, Retailer Monetary and Non-monetary Interventions in South Africa
… literature on the effectiveness of non-monetary nudges (T2). The latter is more efficient than the monetary incentives (T1 and T3). The results also agree with the literature on the ineffectiveness of subsidies (T3) for the purpose of discouraging the consumption of plastic bags. The results …
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A Journey through trauma: a memoir about grief, healing, memory, trauma, spiritual quest and social justice
… I take a breath whilst Florence Welch's vibrato nudges me to get going. My feet slowly shuffle up the cul-de sac that winds around the corner and ends at the security gate. The best time to jog midweek in the suburbs is after the school run.
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Nudging, transparency and rationality: An experimental investigation
… “The Marginal Cost of Transparency: Do honest nudges work?”, I conduct another experiment, this time to determine the effect that transparency has on the efficacy of a nudge. I introduce the term Marginal Cost of Transparency, MCoT, defined as the difference in treatment effect between a …
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Essays on household finance
… prominence of interest rate disclosure, and to nudges. Consumer credit regulations usually require that lenders disclose interest rates. However, lenders can evade the spirit of these regulations by concealing rates in the fine print and highlighting low monthly payments. I explore the …
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Evaluating cognitive workload in an AR environment using pupil area responses
… problem-solving phases. Introducing brief verbal nudges further modulates these dilation trajectories, suggesting that timely spoken prompts can help regulate mental effort. Together, the work delivers (i) a validated, non-intrusive protocol for assessing workload in head-worn AR; (ii) clear …
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Driving change : how workplace benefits can nudge solo car commuters toward sustainable modes
… MIT car commuters, investigating how behavioral 'nudges' can further encourage reductions in driving. While no statistically significant reductions in parking were observed during the experiment, the combination of token monetary rewards and informational nudges appeared most effective at shifting …
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Assimilation of lightning data by nudging tropospheric water vapor and applications to numerical forecasts of convective events
… Location Network (WWLLN). The technique nudges the water vapor mixing ratio toward saturation within 10 km of a lightning observation. This technique is applied to deterministic forecasts of convective events on 29 June 2012, 17 November 2013, and 19 April 2011 as well as an ensemble …
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PiXi: an approach to nudge secure password creation
… creation. Our findings indicate that PiXi’s nudges do influence users’ password choices such that passwords are significantly longer and more secure (less predictable and guessable).
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ESSAYS ON NUDGING CUSTOMERS’ BEHAVIORS: EVIDENCE FROM ONLINE GROCERY SHOPPING AND CROWDFUNDING
… We find that, in terms of the successful nudges, our SVM-based approach performed better than other approaches.
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Saving water in schools: evidence on the use of smart water meters and behavioural insights
… of combining smart technologies with nudges. It provides a model of water conservation interventions for sustainable cities.
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Empowering Energy Conservation: Low-Cost Interventions for Commercial and Residential Settings
… on the application of low-cost behavioral nudges in both workplace and residential energy usage. The implications drawn from our findings hold significant relevance for corporations, utilities, households, policymakers, and researchers alike, offering invaluable insights in promoting …
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Three essays on the economics of energy efficiency and conservation
… control trial (RCT) to assess if behavioral nudges can promote energy conservation in absence of direct monetary incentives. The RCT was conducted in a campus residence hall with students that payed a fixed fee for energy at the beginning of each term. In that setting, behavioral factors such …
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