Behavioural Public Policy

2017 - 2025

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Volume 9, issue 1, 2025

Banishing the inner Econ and justifying paternalistic nudges pp. 4-15

Daniel M. Hausman

Increasing COVID-19 vaccination intentions: a field experiment on psychological ownership pp. 16-35

Florian Keppeler, Martin Sievert and Sebastian Jilke

Can vaccination intentions against COVID-19 be nudged? pp. 36-60

Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Jaroslaw Kantorowicz and Liam Wells

Dark patterns in online shopping: do they work and can nudges help mitigate impulse buying? pp. 61-87

Ray Sin, Ted Harris, Simon Nilsson and Talia Beck

Call first, pay later: stimulating debtors to contact their creditors improves debt collection in the context of financial scarcity pp. 88-105

Malte Dewies, Astrid Schop-Etman, Inge Merkelbach, Kirsten I. M. Rohde and Semiha Denktaş

The effects of policy design complexity on public support for climate policy pp. 106-131

Lukas Paul Fesenfeld

Information effects on parental choices for early childhood education and care pp. 132-154

Samantha Burns, Adrienne Davidson, Linda White, Delaine Hampton and Michal Perlman

The slippery slope of rights-restricting temporary measures: an experimental analysis pp. 155-175

Marina Motsenok, Talya Steiner, Liat Netzer, Yuval Feldman and Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan

The impact on nudge acceptability judgements of framing and consultation of the targeted population pp. 176-191

Ismaël Rafaï, Arthur Ribaillier and Dorian Jullien

Having a voice in your group: Increasing productivity through group participation pp. 192-211

Sherry Jueyu Wu and Elizabeth Levy Paluck

Who nudges whom? Expert opinions on behavioural field experiments with public partners pp. 212-248

Katja Marie Fels

Agentic preferences: a foundation for nudging when preferences are endogenous pp. 249-269

Mark Fabian and Malte Dold

Volume 8, issue 3, 2024

A model for choice infrastructure: looking beyond choice architecture in Behavioral Public Policy pp. 415-440

Ruth Schmidt

Communicating evidence in icons and summary formats for policymakers: what works? pp. 441-469

Cameron Brick and Alexandra L.J. Freeman

Increasing personal data contributions for the greater public good: a field experiment on an online education platform pp. 470-496

Viola Ackfeld, Tobias Rohloff and Sylvi Rzepka

Demystifying college costs: how nudges can and can't help pp. 497-518

Elizabeth Linos, Vikash Reddy and Jesse Rothstein

Policymaker perceptions of citizen needs: heuristics, accuracy, and partisan differences pp. 519-547

Daniel E. Bergan and Natalie Fitzpatrick

Active inoculation boosts attitudinal resistance against extremist persuasion techniques: a novel approach towards the prevention of violent extremism pp. 548-571

Nabil F. Saleh, Jon Roozenbeek, Fadi A. Makki, William P. McClanahan and Sander van der Linden

Facing it: assessing the immediate emotional impacts of calorie labelling using automatic facial coding pp. 572-589

Kate Laffan, Cass Sunstein and Paul Dolan

Gaming the system: suboptimal compliance with loot box probability disclosure regulations in China pp. 590-616

Leon Y. Xiao, Laura L. Henderson, Yuhan Yang and Philip W. S. Newall

Motivated reasoning, fast and slow pp. 617-632

Camilla Strömbäck, David Andersson, Daniel Västfjäll and Gustav Tinghög

Volume 8, issue 2, 2024

What is the point of behavioural public policy? A contractarian approach pp. 197-211

Nick Chater

Behavioral brittleness: the case for strategic behavioral public policy pp. 212-237

Ruth Schmidt and Katelyn Stenger

The thick skin bias in judgments about people in poverty pp. 238-263

Nathan N. Cheek and Eldar Shafir

One size fits all? Designing financial incentives tailored to individual economic preferences pp. 264-278

Stefan A. Lipman

Cash incentives for weight loss work only for males pp. 279-299

Catherine Yeung, Teck-Hua Ho, Ryoko Sato, Noah Lim, Rob M. Van Dam, Hong-Chang Tan, Kwang-Wei Tham and Rehan Ali

From libertarian paternalism to liberalism: behavioural science and policy in an age of new technology pp. 300-326

Dario Krpan and Milan Urbaník

Sludge and transaction costs pp. 327-348

Sina Shahab and Leonhard K. Lades

Options to design more ethical and still successful default nudges: a review and recommendations pp. 349-381

Dominic Lemken

Low support for nudging among Swedes in a population-representative sample pp. 382-394

Gustav Almqvist and Patric Andersson

If you've earned it, you deserve it: ultimatums, with Lego pp. 395-402

Adam Oliver

Experiments and egalitarianism pp. 403-408

Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap

Review of Nudge: The Final Edition Paperback – 19 Aug 2021 Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein. Allen Lane, Penguin Books Random House, (2021) pp. 409-414

Kai Ruggeri

Volume 8, issue 1, 2024

Taking the New Year's Resolution Test seriously: eliciting individuals’ judgements about self-control and spontaneity pp. 1-23

Kevin P. Grubiak, Andrea Isoni, Robert Sugden, Mengjie Wang and Jiwei Zheng

Motivated numeracy and active reasoning in a Western European sample pp. 24-46

Paul Connor, Emily Sullivan, Mark Alfano and Nava Tintarev

Motivated reasoning and policy information: politicians are more resistant to debiasing interventions than the general public pp. 47-68

Julian Christensen and Donald P. Moynihan

Nudge plus: incorporating reflection into behavioral public policy pp. 69-84

Sanchayan Banerjee and Peter John

Experiencing default nudges: autonomy, manipulation, and choice-satisfaction as judged by people themselves pp. 85-106

Patrik Michaelsen, Lars-Olof Johansson and Martin Hedesström

Do nudges crowd out prosocial behavior? pp. 107-120

Erik Gråd, Arvid Erlandsson and Gustav Tinghög

All by myself? Testing descriptive social norm-nudges to increase flood preparedness among homeowners pp. 121-153

Jantsje M. Mol, Wouter Botzen, Julia E. Blasch, Elissa C. Kranzler and Howard C. Kunreuther

Simple nudges that are not so easy pp. 154-172

Denise de Ridder, Joram Feitsma, Mariëtte van Den Hoven, Floor Kroese, Thomas Schillemans, Marcel Verweij, Tina Venema, Anastasia Vugts and Emely de Vet

Reflecting on reflection: prospect theory, our behaviors, and our environment pp. 173-183

Adam Oliver

On the limited policy relevance of evolutionary explanations pp. 184-190

Cass R. Sunstein

On the importance of attempting to know the causes of things: a reply to Sunstein pp. 191-195

Adam Oliver

Volume 7, issue 4, 2023

A symposium on the behavioural limits of the state pp. 893-897

Adam Oliver

The ethics of self-aware behavioural public policies: any different to standard nudges? pp. 898-905

Peter John

The citizen choice architect in an ultra-processed world pp. 906-913

Ralph Hertwig

Norm nudging and twisting preferences pp. 914-923

Cristina Bicchieri

The authors of our own lives: the limitations of the behavioural justification for paternalism pp. 924-932

Adam Oliver

Mill's Constitution of Liberty: an alternative behavioural policy framework pp. 933-942

Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap

A neglected topos in behavioural normative economics: the opportunity and process aspect of freedom pp. 943-953

Malte Dold and Paul Lewis

Voluntariness and the bounds of cost–benefit analysis pp. 954-962

Robert Sugden

Beyond our parochialism pp. 963-971

Virgil Henry Storr and Michael R. Romero

Behavioral public choice and policing in America pp. 972-982

Liya Palagashvili and Nathan P. Goodman

Volume 7, issue 3, 2023

Bringing tax avoiders to light: moral framing and shaming in a public goods experiment pp. 557-580

Stefanos A. Tsikas

Tipping pro-environmental norm diffusion at scale: opportunities and limitations pp. 581-606

Joël Berger, Charles Efferson and Sonja Vogt

Effect of Crianza Positiva e-messaging program on adult–child language interactions pp. 607-643

Ana Balsa, Florencia Lopez Boo, Juanita Bloomfield, Alejandrina Cristia, Alejandro Cid, María de la Paz Ferro, Rosario Valdés and María del Luján González

Whose pay should be cut in economic crises? Consumers prefer firms that prioritize paying employees over CEOs pp. 644-661

Serena F. Hagerty, Bhavya Mohan and Michael I. Norton

Default options: a powerful behavioral tool to increase COVID-19 contact tracing app acceptance in Latin America? pp. 662-678

Cynthia Boruchowicz, Florencia Lopez Boo, Benjamin Roseth and Luis Tejerina

We're very grateful: moral emotions, role models, and trust predict vaccine uptake intent in India pp. 679-700

Anirudh Tagat and Hansika Kapoor

Behavioural prompts to increase early filing of tax returns: a population-level randomised controlled trial of 11.2 million taxpayers in Indonesia pp. 701-720

Ruth Persian, Gitarani Prastuti, Adityawarman,, Daniel Bogiatzis-Gibbons, Muhammad Hakim Kurniawan, Gatot Subroto, Muhammad Mustakim, Laurenz Scheunemann, Kizzy Gandy and Alex Sutherland

Free to choose or free to lose? Understanding individual attitudes toward paternalism pp. 721-743

David Lassen and Daniel Mahler

Reflections on applying behavioural insights to crime: a guide for behavioural scientists and criminologists in search of policy unicorns pp. 744-757

Matthew Davies and Simon Ruda

On nudges that fail pp. 758-772

Nara Rela

Analyzing spillovers from food, energy and water conservation behaviors using insights from systems perspective pp. 773-807

Pranay Kumar, Holly Caggiano, Cara Cuite, Frank A. Felder and Rachael Shwom

Do nudges increase consumer search and switching? Evidence from financial markets pp. 808-824

Zita Vasas

The rhetoric of reaction redux pp. 825-837

Cass R. Sunstein

The rhetoric of reaction, extended pp. 838-845

Nick Chater and George Loewenstein

The calculus of ignorance pp. 846-850

Thomas T. Hills

What is sludge? Comparing Sunstein's definition to others' pp. 851-857

Philip W. S. Newall

The elements of choice: why the way we decide matters Eric J. Johnson, Oneworld Publications (10 Feb. 2022) pp. 858-863

Kai Ruggeri

Volume 7, issue 2, 2023

Statistical risk warnings in gambling pp. 219-239

Philip W.S. Newall, Lukasz Walasek, Arman Hassanniakalager, Alex M.T. Russell, Elliot A. Ludvig and Matthew Browne

The effect of postcard reminders on vaccinations among the elderly: a block-randomized experiment pp. 240-265

Nuole Chen, Kris-Stella Trump, Stacy Hall and Quan Le

Shifting social norms to reduce open defecation in rural India pp. 266-290

Varun Gauri, Tasmia Rahman and Iman K. Sen

Does the visual salience of credit card features affect choice? pp. 291-308

Matthew D. Hilchey, Matthew Osborne and Dilip Soman

Nudge/sludge symmetry: on the relationship between nudge and sludge and the resulting ontological, normative and transparency implications pp. 309-332

Stuart Mills

Evidence-based policies, nudge theory and Nancy Cartwright: a search for causal principles pp. 333-352

Alejandro Hortal

Ownership and rent stigma: two experiments pp. 353-379

Tamar Kricheli-Katz and Eric A. Posner

Voting behavior is unaffected by subtle linguistic cues: evidence from a psychologically authentic replication pp. 380-394

Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber and Albert H. Fang

Are voters influenced by the results of a consensus conference? pp. 395-416

Steven Sloman, Daniella Kupor and David Yokum

Sir John Stuffgut's soup and a taste for desert pp. 417-425

Adam Oliver

Should we partake in Adam Oliver's taste for desert? pp. 426-429

Albert Weale

A desert menu pp. 430-436

Lawrence D. Brown

In defense of desert pp. 437-441

David Miller

Behavioral public strategy pp. 442-456

Bert George

A behavioral approach to personalizing public health pp. 457-469

Kai Ruggeri, Amel Benzerga, Sanne Verra and Tomas Folke

Public acceptability of nudges targeting parents and children to improve children's health outcomes: results from an online experiment pp. 470-487

Olivier Drouin

Use of conditional cash transfers for addressing gender-based inequalities in health and education among children: studying the impact of the Shubh Laxmi scheme in Rajasthan, India pp. 488-499

Rajnish Ranjan Prasad and Divya Santhanam

Prospect theory and the potential for lottery-based subsidies pp. 500-517

Noah Spencer

Free-baiting: policy applications for freeness removal and the zero price effect pp. 518-531

Ethan Lowens

Facebook isn't free: zero-price companies overcharge consumers with data pp. 532-556

Matt Summers

Volume 7, issue 1, 2023

The gender-neutral bathroom: a new frame and some nudges pp. 1-24

Luc Bovens and Alexandru Marcoci

‘Better off, as judged by themselves’: do people support nudges as a method to change their own behavior? pp. 25-54

Natalie Gold, Yiling Lin, Richard Ashcroft and Magda Osman

The impact of online platform transparency of information on consumers’ choices pp. 55-82

Giuseppe A. Veltri, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Frans Folkvord, Alexandra Theben and George Gaskell

Strategic ignorance of health risk: its causes and policy consequences pp. 83-114

Jonas Nordström, Linda Thunström, Klaas van ’t Veld,, Jason F. Shogren and Mariah Tanner Ehmke

Network insiders and observers: who can identify influential people? pp. 115-142

Robin Gomila, Hana Shepherd and Elizabeth Levy Paluck

Non-monetary intervention to discourage consumption of single-use plastic bags pp. 143-156

Gauri Chandra

Cancer screening and accessibility bias: people want screening when informed it saves no lives pp. 157-169

Nathan Hodson

Hayekian behavioral economics pp. 170-188

Cass R. Sunstein

How Hayekian is Sunstein's behavioral economics? pp. 189-198

Robert Sugden

The unsolved Hayekian knowledge problem in behavioral economics pp. 199-211

Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman

‘Come on, man!’ On errors, choice, and Hayekian behavioral economics pp. 212-218

Cass R. Sunstein