Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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Setting high goals and social comparison feedback improved walking behavior of university staff
The effectiveness of a pedometer intervention was measured by giving university staff members high (100% increase of steps per day), medium (50%), or low goals (10%) and providing performance feedback.
Staff members, when receiving a ...
Notifying clinicians about their patients´ fatal overdose reduced the amount of opioid prescriptions
Opioid-related deaths are very common since medical professionals often judge the risk of prescriptions to be low, due to the absence of personal experience.
In order to reduce opioid prescriptions, clinicians that prescribed to ...
Reflecting on past behavior proved to be more effective in preventing unsafe sex than educational posters
The author aimed to compare the effectiveness of two interventions on increasing condom use among gay men.
Participants were told to keep a sexual diary they would have to fill in a page after ...
Daily lottery incentive worth $1.40 improved monitoring rates among patients with diabetes
Researchers tested the efficacy of lottery-based incentives to increase adherence to self-monitoring of patients with uncontrolled diabetes.
Participants were instructed to use a self-monitoring device at home to monitor blood glucose, blood pressure, and ...
Presenting fees in pesos instead of annual percentage rates lead workers to better investment choices
The authors examined how changes in the information on management fees impact workers´ choice behavior and price sensitivity.
Data was used from surveys and an experiment in Mexico´s privatized social security system – they ...
Information disclosure nudged borrowers to borrow less
The authors examined the effects of information disclosure about payday loans on inducing borrowers to overcome cognitive biases and lower their use of high-cost debt.
They conducted a field experiment at payday stores with ...
Allocating payments in smaller portions lead to higher tax payment satisfaction
Tax avoiders cost the United States hundreds of billions a year. The author of the paper identified two key attributes that contribute to low satisfaction with tax payment: low volition and the collective (rather ...
Increasing recycling rates by a campaign focused on loss aversion
Queensland is Australia’s most littered state with a statewide recycling rate of only 44% each year.
A new container refund scheme (CRS) - an incentives program that rewards recycling with 10c per drink container ...
Social norms campaign on Facebook improved voting behavior of American citizens
Researchers measured the online social influence on voting behavior during the 2010 U.S. Congressional Elections.
Political mobilization messages were delivered to Facebook users through an online trial. The ´social message group´ was shown ...
Donnors exposed to a picture of an identifiable victim donated more to charity
Charities in third-world countries are often struggling with raising money because people don´t care too much about statistical victims. This paper focused on the effect of presenting a concrete victim in charity programs on the ...