nep-nud New Economics Papers
on Nudge and Boosting
Issue of 2025–04–07
three papers chosen by
Marco Novarese, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale
  1. Behavior Change in Solid Waste Management By World Bank
  2. Co-design of Behavioural Public Policies: Epistemic Promises and Challenges By Samuel De La Cruz Solal
  3. Killing the bill: The interplay of social comparisons and financial information on preferences for electricity-saving behaviors By Fabien Giauque; Mehdi Farsi; Sylvain Weber; Michael Puntiroli
  1. By: World Bank
    Keywords: Environment-Environmental Protection Water Supply and Sanitation-Urban Solid Waste Management
    Date: 2024–03
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:41271
  2. By: Samuel De La Cruz Solal (Université Côte d'Azur, France; GREDEG CNRS)
    Abstract: The aim of this article is to highlight the potential of codesign approaches to address the risk of boomerang effects following the implementation of social norm nudges. I highlight several epistemic causes of the boomerang effect and argue that a co-design of nudges could provide an effective solution to address these causes. Furthermore, I argue that such an approach, based on the deliberation process between citizens and experts, is likely to enhance the ethical aspects of nudging. After a clarification of the notion of ‘codesign’, which remains quite elusive in the literature, I discuss some challenges that codesign approaches face, in particular regarding the status of ‘expert-citizens’ in codesign
    Keywords: social norm nudges, boomerang effect, expert-citizens, co-design, social acceptability, behavioural public policies
    Date: 2025–03
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gre:wpaper:2025-05
  3. By: Fabien Giauque; Mehdi Farsi; Sylvain Weber; Michael Puntiroli
    Abstract: Using a discrete choice experiment (DCE), we analyze how social comparisons and financial information influence households' preferences and trade-offs among three sustainable electricity demand behaviors: conservation actions, efficiency investments, and purchasing a green power mix. Our results show that while a strong majority favors sustainable behaviors over inaction, both interventions significantly increase the likelihood of choosing inaction. Heterogeneity analyses reveal that this negative effect is driven by households with above-average consumption. Furthermore, our findings highlight conflicting motivational mechanisms, suggesting that financial information within normative messages may crowd out intrinsic motivation.
    Keywords: Electricity-saving behaviors, households' preferences, social comparisons, financial information; discrete choice experiment, mixed logit (MXL) model, crowding out effect
    JEL: D12 D91 Q48
    Date: 2025–03
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:irn:wpaper:25-02
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