Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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Shifting attention to long-term goals helped to make better saving decisions
The Decision Lab was tasked by Capital One to help increase awareness about the effects of stress on financial behavior and provide smart practical tips to manage it.
Mindset-shifting exercises like thinking about long-term ...
Increasing the likelihood of voting with email reminders and face-to-face canvassing
To make more people vote, the study targeted 28,380 respondents on the voter rolls in Connecticut. Each respondent was randomly assigned to one of the groups that varied based on whether they received personal ...
Motivating voter participation by planning where and when to vote
Researchers conducted a field experiment in an attempt to increase voter turnout during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. When calling potential workers, they helped them make their own voting action plan: articulating implementation intentions ...
Framing the number potential lives saved with new equipment as a percentage lead to its greater support
Researchers looked at framing effects on human rationality. They asked people about their opinion on purchasing new equipment in airplanes used in the event of a crash landing. In one circumstance, participants were told ...
Harnessing the feedback to improve restaurant cleanliness
Many products in the market fail because there is not enough attention paid to feedback from customers. Regulators, in order to improve their products, should identify behavioral market failures and create a strong feedback loop ...
Discussing coronavirus precautions over the phone increased compliance with preventive guidelines
Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh and India, targeting people living in remote rural communities with low internet connection.
To raise coronavirus awareness, information and precautions were discussed by one of ...
Rewarding on-time tax payers increased tax compliance
In order to improve tax compliance, a city in Argentina randomly selected 400 individuals among 72 000 taxpayers that complied with the payment of their property tax. Then they announced a lottery and the winners ...
Motivating gym attendance by providing gym-only access to audiobooks
The current study evaluated the effect of temptation bundling in order to improve public health and motivate people to exercise.
Gym members, divided into 2 groups, received tempting audiobook novels that they either 1) ...
Increasing survey completion rate by a redesigned letter
Ideas42 worked with the Office of Recovery & Resiliency to increase the participation rate in its Flood Insurance Affordability Study among households in high-risk flood zones. They redesigned letters to increase the survey completion ...
Motivating adherence by sending redesigned reminder letters
Many low-income Americans don´t adhere to the treatment needed for diabetes, even when costs should not be a concern.
2324 diabetics were split into 4 groups and were sent redesigned letters: the control group ...