Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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Reducing food waste in a restaurant by decreasing plate size and presenting a sign
A field experiment tested the effect of social nudges on guests´ eating behavior in a hotel restaurant.
To target visual illusion, they reduced plate size for guests to consume less food, and displayed ...
Introducing checklists in hospitals improved team performance and reduced patient complications
Researchers aimed to improve team communication in hospitals in order to avoid surgical complications and deaths.
Thus, they introduced a 19-item safety checklist in eight hospitals. Hospital teams were randomly assigned either to ...
Applying regret aversion motivated people to lose weight
Researchers aimed to motivate people on their weight-loss journey by using loss- and regret aversion.
Participants in the treatment group received text messages about the daily lottery which they were automatically entered into. ...
Product comparison lead to more meaningful energy efficient product choice
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy conducted a choice experiment to investigate the extent to which people can correctly estimate the energy efficiency of a product when they compare two products at the same ...
Labels including the frame of reference led to higher choice rate of energy efficient products
A study developed on behalf of the European Commission aimed to promote the choice of more energy-efficient products on online retail platforms by improving label information.
Participants were divided into a consideration (needing ...
Providing information about HIV decreased adolescent pregnancies
A big issue in Kenya was that many young girls were having unprotected sex and got pregnant by older men.
A campaign was launched providing them with the information that older men were ...
Social comparison letters reduced water consumption by 12%
Social norms can be used to decrease water consumption.
Three treatment groups included technical advice, weak social norm or strong social norm letters, which were sent to households.
Strong social norm messages ...
Electricity consumption reduction encouraged by social comparisons
Electricity consumption can be reduced using peer comparisons. Households in the US were sent letters with energy comparisons between them and their neighbors. This led to the electricity reduction that equals the effect of ...
Reducing loan options increased loan take-up
People might be discouraged to take up a loan due to the large number of plans and rates that are available. Simplifying the process of making this choice can encourage people to draw a ...
Goal specific text message reminders increased savings by 16%
Limited attention can be an obstacle to following a savings plan. Researchers assumed that drawing people’s attention to their plans can help them to follow through.
People who opened savings accounts in banks ...