How Do People Evaluate Default Nudges?

Patrik Michaelsen () and Cass R. Sunstein
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Patrik Michaelsen: University of Gothenburg
Cass R. Sunstein: Harvard University

Chapter Chapter 3 in Default Nudges, 2023, pp 31-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Existing evidence suggests that in general, default nudges do not create negative experiences. People do not dislike them. People do show some caution about default nudges when learning about them in surveys, but less so when encountering them in choice tasks. Importantly, issues that are central to welfare and ethics, including defaults’ influence on satisfaction and autonomy, are not considered negatively affected by choosers themselves. The favorable experiences cannot be explained away by a lack of awareness of the nudge, but are robust to a high level of transparency. In short, people do not object to defaults when they are given clarity about them.

Keywords: Default rules; Transparency; Nudge; Autonomy; Choice experience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21558-2_3

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