Do Nudges Reduce Borrowing and Consumer Confusion in the Credit Card Market?
Paul Adams,
Benedict Guttman‐Kenney,
Lucy Hayes,
Stefan Hunt,
David Laibson and
Neil Stewart
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Benedict Andrew Guttman-Kenney
Economica, 2022, vol. 89, issue S1, S178-S199
Abstract:
We study nudges that turn out to have precise null effects in reducing long‐run credit card debt. We test nudges across two field experiments covering 183,441 UK cardholders. Our first experiment studies nudges added to monthly credit card statements. Our second experiment studies letters and email nudges (separate from monthly statements) sent to cardholders who signed up to automatically pay the minimum required payment. In a follow‐up survey to our second experiment, we find that 96% of respondents underestimate the time it would take to fully repay a debt if the cardholder made only the minimum required payment. The nudges reduce this confusion, but underestimation remains overwhelmingly common.
Date: 2022
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