Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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A simple message reduced electricity consumption
Researchers used energy conservation messages that explicitly highlighted the percentage of residents in a community that engaged in specific actions such as using fans (instead of air conditioning to stay cool in the summer).
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Health-related messages helped avoid eating contaminated fish
Intercept surveys include interviews with anglers in Palos Verdes Shelf, which clarify what anglers were doing when they caught a fish in a contaminated ocean – consume fish by themselves or giving it to others ...
Reducing engine idling by 32% by signs and prompts
Two community-based social marketing strategies were tested to see which one could most cost-effectively reduce engine idling in Canada.
The first one included only signs for motorists to turn their engines off. The ...
Written commitment made people to turn off their computers and save energy
Turning off computers at the end of the workday was the target of a CBSM campaign, which was conducted in 3 government offices.
This program included an initial email to employees about powering down ...
Reducing suicide rate by 43% through using smaller packs of tablets
Paracetamol overdose is a common method of suicide and non-fatal self-harm worldwide. People are more likely to consume more than 25 tablets, the amount associated with acute liver dysfunction when they are in a ...
Assessing emotional wellbeing by using motivational text message
A project was made in South America for primary care providers to assess the emotional wellbeing of any person who comes for treatment.
The providers were given an electronic tablet to carry out a simple ...
Changing the context of SMS reminders reduced missed hospital appointments by 25%
In order to eliminate the problem of missed hospital appointments in England, researchers tried to attract attention by using new message content to existing SMS appointment reminders.
They found that the most effective ...
Reference lines helped to reduce dying or injuring on the tracks
Between 2002 and 2012, 36 152 people died or were injured on the tracks of Mumbai’s Suburban Railway – nearly 10 a day. In order to lower dying/injuring, they painted reference lines on the ...
Reducing antimicrobial resistance by sending letters to doctors who prescribe the most antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. One cause of AMR is the overuse of antibiotics in medicine.
BIT worked with England’s Chief Medical Officer to send a letter to ...
Improving recycling of households by commitment
Residents were either asked to make a verbal and written commitment to recycling or simply received a pamphlet regarding recycling.
Results showed that the group which made a commitment recycled more.