Nudge theory is used in many sectors but can be particularly helpful in getting people to actively engage in decisions affecting their savings and investments.
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After six weeks of measuring their food waste, surveyed households found it easier to cut down.
Remembering his immense contributions to psychology and economics.
Retail stores in Boulder, Colo., banned plastic bags and will charge 10 cents for paper bags in an effort to reduce plastic waste. But do bans and taxes like this really work?
You’re a bee, and your favourite flower is out of nectar. What do you do?
The idea of gently tweaking our behaviour still makes political sense.
Returns cost companies billions of dollars in lost sales. They also generate emissions and packaging waste. Two logistics experts offer some tips from psychology for more sustainable returns.
Fewer and fewer people believe man-made climate change is a hoax.
Instead of simply applauding nudges, journalists should critically assess when and why governments use this tool.
Evidence from Massachusetts suggests that a multistep process discourages enrollment. The findings could help policymakers stave off a sharp decline in coverage when COVID-19 policies change.
The merits of ‘nudging’ have become. entangled in the ideological war over pandemic responses.
The behavioural technique may not be dead just quite yet.
How can we help pregnant women quit smoking, for their health and that of their unborn child, when substitutes and other methods seem less effective during this period?
Research shows people want government to restrict excess consumption through regulations, not just to rely on citizens to make better choices.
The technology exists, but homeowners aren’t being swayed by subsidies.
Can you really nudge people into washing their hands more? The evidence is far from perfect.
Too much of our discussion about vaccine hesitancy imagines the problem in rational terms. Perceptions about COVID-19 and vaccines are driven by emotion, not reason.
It is bad practice to compensate people who choose not to do the right thing, and it can create expectations.
How to inject more reality into gamblers’ overestimation of their chances of winning? One simple tool is feedback.
Apps like Klarna, Clearpay and Sezzle have rocketed in popularity during the pandemic.
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
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Business Ethics Lecturer, Cardiff University
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Principal Research Associate in Basic and Applied Decision Making, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor of Behavioural Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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University Professor, Harvard University
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University
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BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Salford
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Sessional Lecturer, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
