Promoting Healthy Choices: Information versus Convenience

By Jessica Wisdom, Julie S. Downs, George Loewenstein. 2010

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Marketing

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Nudges for Privacy and Security (2017, background): “For example, the order in which dishes are listed on a restaurant’s menu likely impacts what guests order and how much they will be paying [Wisdom et al. 2010].”
Decisional enhancement and autonomy: public attitudes towards overt and covert nudges (2013, background): “While some studies suggest that covert influences may have a greater effect than overt influences on choice outcome (e.g., Duffy & Verges, 2008; Goldstein et al., 2008; Nolan et al., 2008; Wisdom et al., 2010), to our knowledge the question of which is more acceptable has not been addressed empirica”
Nudge to Health: Harnessing Decision Research to Promote Health Behavior (2013, background): “Wisdom et al. (2010) found effects of both calorie labeling and information about recommended caloric intake on selection of drinks and side dishes at a sandwich restaurant.”
Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis (2019, unknown): “2017),(1) and they have been studied in many important policy areas such as education (Dizon-Ross 2019), healthcare (Wisdom et al. 2010), environment (Costa and Kahn 2013), finance (Handel 2013), savings decisions (Blumenstock et al.”
Behavioural Insights and (Un)healthy Dietary Choices: a Review of Current Evidence (2018, background): “Also, the strength of the positioning effect is found to be heterogeneous and to depend on the type of manipulation and the magnitude of the change (Bucher et al. 2016; Wisdom et al. 2010).”
Using Behavioral Economics to Design More Effective Food Policies to Address Obesity (2014, background): “Furthermore, researchers have found that making healthy sandwiches more convenient to order by featuring them more prominently in a restaurant menu and making unhealthy sandwiches less convenient to order by featuring them less prominently, significantly increased choice of a healthier sandwich (Wis”
American attitudes toward nudges (2016, background): “Yet despite this criticism, System 1 nudges, such as defaults, have often been shown to be more effective than System 2 nudges at changing behavior (Wisdom et al. 2010; Felsen et al. 2013) and beliefs (Nisbett & Stanley 1966; Nisbett & Wilson 1977).”
Knowledge is (Less) Power: Experimental Evidence from Residential Energy Use (2014, unknown): “Simply providing this information has been shown to reduce caloric intake (Bollinger et al. 2011, Wisdom et al. 2010).”