Nudging in the labor market
Can prompting self-reflection help young job seekers find a job faster? If so, how much impact can we expect from such interventions?
News & insights | Behavia - Part 8
Behavioral Public Policy and Economics GmbH
Fake news effects
Have you ever wondered how exposure to fake news could affect your behavior? It might be deeper than you think.
Commuting Behavior
What is the most effective policy instrument to encourage long-term use of public transport? To answer this question, Gravert and Collentine (2021) collaborated with a local transport agency in Southern Sweden on a large-scale field experiment.
New EU project on consumer behavior
We are delighted to announce that the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers has tasked Behavia, as part of a consortium led by Milieu, to investigate how policy interventions can play a positive role in extending the life and use of durable products and prevent premature disposal.
Social norms and healthy habits
Social norms are the unwritten rules of societies. As social creatures, we have learned to internalize these rules to reduce uncertainty in social interactions, avoid sanctioning, and increase our sense of belonging and identity. Therefore, information that emphasizes a social norm can potentially alter individual behavior, for better or for worse.
Combating panic selling
Unexpected events like the Covid-19 pandemic or crises in the banking sectors regularly drive investors into panic selling. The typical “buy-high, sell-low” pattern emerging from panic selling does not only harm private investors’ financial health but also increases the chances of market crashes. Finding effective means to combat panic selling is therefore of vital importance to regulators, financial institutions, and other market actors.
On the limits of nudging
A newly published article by de Ridder et al. (2021) investigates what makes people ‘nudgeable’, i.e. receptive to nudge interventions. They argue that nudgeability depends on the strength of preexisting preferences.
New Senior Affiliate: Dr. Fahad Alsharif
We are very pleased to welcome Fahad Alsharif, Ph.D. as a Senior Affiliate to our team.
Dr. Fahad is a distinguished scholar in labor, social and migration policies and Senior Research Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Limited-time offers in sales
Limited-time offers have long been used by salespeople and marketers to lure customers to snatch up bargains. The less time customers have to think, one might assume, the more likely it is that they make an impulsive purchase and stop looking for alternatives.
Global Solidarity
With the rise of humanitarian emergencies in the world, we are more than ever in need of global solidarity. What can we do to help foster prosocial behavior and increase donations for disaster relief? Here are some tips and examples for marketers, CSR professionals, and decision-makers.