Trading off autonomy and efficiency in choice architectures: self-nudging versus social nudging

To overcome ethical objections to choice architecture interventions, Thaler and Sunstein (2008) suggest asking individuals to set their own nudge autonomously. Our online experiment (n=1080) faithfully implements this idea for social dilemmas where individual and collective interests often diverge a...

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Hauptverfasser: Diederich, Johannes (VerfasserIn) , Goeschl, Timo (VerfasserIn) , Waichman, Israel (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Journal of economic behavior & organization
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 229, Pages: 1-18
ISSN:1879-1751
DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106859
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