Behavioural Public Policy

2017 - 2025

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Volume 6, issue 4, 2022

Does apologizing work? An empirical test of the conventional wisdom pp. 516-529

Richard Hanania

The unnoticed influence of peers on educational preferences pp. 530-553

Simon Calmar Andersen and Morten Hjortskov

Difficult training improves team performance: an empirical case study of US college basketball pp. 554-577

Heather Barry Kappes, Adam L. Alter, Griffin S. Edwards and David J. Berri

Odd bedfellows: how choice architecture can enhance autonomy and mitigate inequality pp. 578-596

Kendra Tully

Social norms of corruption in the field: social nudges on posters can help to reduce bribery pp. 597-624

Nils C. Köbis, Marleen Troost, Cyril O. Brandt and Ivan Soraperra

Official advice improves mortgage-holders’ perceptions of switching: experimental evidence pp. 625-653

Shane Timmons, Martina Barjaková, Terence J. McElvaney and Pete Lunn

Sludge Audits pp. 654-673

Cass R. Sunstein

Power of the eyes: deterring sexual harassment in Tokyo subways using images of watchful eyes pp. 674-685

Kiki K. Chu

Volume 6, issue 3, 2022

Enhancing welfare without a theory of welfare pp. 342-357

Daniel M. Hausman

Bounded interdisciplinarity: critical interdisciplinary perspectives on context and evidence in behavioural public policies pp. 358-384

Joram Feitsma and Mark Whitehead

Going along with the default does not mean going on with it: attrition in a charitable giving experiment pp. 385-416

Alexia Gaudeul and Magdalena C. Kaczmarek

Testing donation menus: on charitable giving for cancer research – evidence from a natural field experiment pp. 417-438

Marianna Baggio and Matteo Motterlini

Applying behavioural insights to child protection: venturing beyond the low-hanging fruit pp. 439-463

Annalese Bolton, Ben R. Newell, Simon Gandevia, James Peek and Elena Berrocal Capdevila

Aligning taxes and spending: theory and experimental evidence pp. 464-484

Daniel Hemel and Ethan Porter

Comparing the effects of behaviorally informed interventions on flood insurance demand: an experimental analysis of ‘boosts’ and ‘nudges’ pp. 485-515

Jacob Bradt

Volume 6, issue 2, 2022

Informing behavioural policies with data from everyday life pp. 172-190

Leonhard K. Lades, Lucie Martin and Liam Delaney

Intention and action in retirement preparation pp. 191-212

Job M.T. Krijnen, Marcel Zeelenberg, Seger M. Breugelmans and Anna van der Schors

Motivated reasoning when assessing the effects of refugee intake pp. 213-236

Thérèse Lind, Arvid Erlandsson, Daniel Västfjäll and Gustav Tinghög

A machine learning perspective on responsible gambling pp. 237-260

Arman Hassanniakalager and Philip W.S. Newall

Freerolls and binds: making policy when information is missing pp. 261-282

Annie Duke and Cass R. Sunstein

Debt perceptions: fairness judgments of debt relief for individuals and countries pp. 283-302

David Chavanne

The role of inequity aversion in microloan defaults pp. 303-324

Matthew R. Jordan, William T. Dickens, Oliver Hauser and David G. Rand

Lay attitudes toward involuntary organ procurement from death-row prisoners: no, but pp. 325-341

Maya Bar-Hillel and Jacob Lavee

Volume 6, issue 1, 2022

Behavioral risk compensation and the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions pp. 1-12

Oliver Kacelnik and Alex Kacelnik

Behavioural and social sciences to enhance the efficacy of health promotion interventions: redesigning the role of professionals and people pp. 13-33

Francesca Pennucci, Sabina de Rosis, Anna Maria Murante and Sabina Nuti

Reporting on one's behavior: a survey experiment on the nonvalidity of self-reported COVID-19 hygiene-relevant routine behaviors pp. 34-51

Pelle Guldborg Hansen, Erik Gahner Larsen and Caroline Drøgemüller Gundersen

Improving hand hygiene in hospitals: comparing the effect of a nudge and a boost on protocol compliance pp. 52-74

Henrico van Roekel, Joanne Reinhard and Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen

Nudge FORGOOD pp. 75-94

Leonhard K. Lades and Liam Delaney

The effect of paternalistic alternatives on attitudes toward default nudges pp. 95-118

William Hagman, Arvid Erlandsson, Stephan Dickert, Gustav Tinghög and Daniel Västfjäll

Self-nudging and the citizen choice architect pp. 119-149

Samuli Reijula and Ralph Hertwig

Personalized nudging pp. 150-159

Stuart Mills

Some challenges to the new paternalism pp. 160-171

Julian Le Grand

Volume 5, issue 4, 2021

Behavioural climate policy pp. 430-438

Sander van der Linden, Adam R. Pearson and Leaf van Boven

Making behavioral science integral to climate science and action pp. 439-453

Baruch Fischhoff

How others drive our sense of understanding of policies pp. 454-479

Nathaniel Rabb, John J. Han and Steven A. Sloman

Identifying the most important predictors of support for climate policy in the United States pp. 480-502

Matthew H. Goldberg, Abel Gustafson, Matthew T. Ballew, Seth A. Rosenthal and Anthony Leiserowitz

What shapes public support for climate change mitigation policies? The role of descriptive social norms and elite cues pp. 503-527

Adrian Rinscheid, Silvia Pianta and Elke U. Weber

How social norms are often a barrier to addressing climate change but can be part of the solution pp. 528-555

Gregg Sparkman, Lauren Howe and Greg Walton

Beyond choice architecture: a building code for structuring climate risk management decisions pp. 556-575

Joseph Árvai and Robin Gregory

The exchange between citizens and elected officials: a social psychological framework for citizen climate activists pp. 576-605

David K. Sherman, Michelle F. Shteyn, Hahrie Han and Leaf van Boven

Volume 5, issue 3, 2021

Public issues or issue publics? The distribution of genuine political attitudes pp. 279-300

Yannick Dufresne and Catherine Ouellet

Quaking in their boots? Inaccurate perceptions of seismic hazard and public policy inaction pp. 301-317

Matthew Motta and Andrew Rohrman

Improving the National Flood Insurance Program pp. 318-332

Howard Kunreuther

Invisible inequality leads to punishing the poor and rewarding the rich pp. 333-353

Oliver Hauser, Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David G. Rand, Martin A. Nowak and Michael I. Norton

How much is a calorie worth? A study of willingness to pay for calorie labels in restaurant menus pp. 354-377

Sana Rafiq

Nudging à la carte: a field experiment on climate-friendly food choice pp. 378-395

Christina Gravert and Verena Kurz

Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance pp. 396-416

Jon M. Jachimowicz, Joe J. Gladstone, Dan Berry, Charlotte L. Kirkdale, Tracey Thornley and Adam D. Galinsky

Lowering the bucks for the bang: viewing pharmaceutical price negotiations through a behavioural lens pp. 417-428

Adam Oliver

Volume 5, issue 2, 2021

Testing for COVID-19: willful ignorance or selfless behavior? pp. 135-152

Linda Thunström, Madison Ashworth, Jason Shogren, Stephen Newbold and David Finnoff

When behavioural science can make a difference in times of COVID-19 pp. 153-179

Dario Krpan, Fadi Makki, Nabil Saleh, Suzanne Iris Brink and Helena Vlahinja Klauznicer

The policy consequences of cascade blindness pp. 180-201

Adam Elga and Daniel M. Oppenheimer

Don't watch me read: how mere presence and mandatory waiting periods affect consumer attention to disclosures pp. 202-221

Alycia Chin and Dustin H. Beckett

Introduction: Behavioural science and regulation on disclosure and consumer protection pp. 222-224

Lionel Page

Disclosure for real humans pp. 225-237

Lionel Page

Smart disclosure: promise and perils pp. 238-251

Oren Bar-Gill

Disclosure as a tool for enhancing consumer engagement and competition pp. 252-278

Amelia Fletcher

Volume 5, issue 1, 2021

How can experiments play a greater role in public policy? Twelve proposals from an economic model of scaling pp. 2-49

Omar Al-Ubaydli, Min Sok Lee, John List, Claire L. Mackevicius and Dana Suskind

How can experiments play a greater role in public policy? Three notions from behavioral psychology pp. 50-59

Scott McCONNELL

Scaling up experiments to reduce educational inequality pp. 60-70

Stephen W. Raudenbush

Success at scale: six suggestions from implementation and policy sciences pp. 71-79

Teck Ho, Ching Leong and Catherine Yeung

Successfully scaled solutions need not be homogenous pp. 80-89

Dilip Soman and Tanjim Hossain

The realities of scaling within evidence-based policy pp. 90-102

Lauren H. Supplee and Maggie C. Kane

Experimental evidence, scaling and public policy: a perspective from developing countries pp. 103-111

Anandi Mani

Let's walk before we can run: the uncertain demand from policymakers for trials pp. 112-116

Peter John

Field experiments and public policy: festina lente pp. 117-124

Glenn Harrison

A rejoinder: ‘How can experiments play a greater role in public policy? Twelve proposals from an economic model of scaling’ pp. 125-134

Omar Al-Ubaydli, Min Sok Lee, John List, Claire L. Mackevicius and Dana Suskind