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on Nudge and Boosting |
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Issue of 2026–10–26
three papers chosen by Marco Novarese, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale |
| By: | Efi Vasileiou (BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne, CEREN - Centre de Recherche sur les Entreprises - BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne); Lara Agnoli (BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne, CEREN - Centre de Recherche sur les Entreprises - BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne); Nikos Georgantzis (BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne, CEREN - Centre de Recherche sur les Entreprises - BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne); María Ramos-García (Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura); Maria Dolores Osuna (Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura); Nuria Ferreiro-Domínguez (USC - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela [España] = University of Santiago de Compostela [Spain] = Université de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle [Espagne]); María Rosa Mosquera-Losada (USC - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela [España] = University of Santiago de Compostela [Spain] = Université de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle [Espagne]); Ioannis Gazoulis (Agricultural University of Athens); Ilias Travlos (Agricultural University of Athens); Milena Simić (MRIZP - Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje); Milan Brankov (MRIZP - Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje); Vesna Dragičević (MRIZP - Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje); Jessica Girardi (Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre); Leonardo Sulas (CNR - National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche); Federico Sanna (CNR - National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche); Antonino Modaffari (Italian Association of Organic Agriculture); Luis Urra Hernandez; Stefano Bortolussi (Italian Association of Organic Agriculture); Andria Tsalakou (Cyprus University of Technology); Michalakis Christoforou (Cyprus University of Technology); Dimitris Tsaltas (Cyprus University of Technology); Alexandros Tataridas (UC - Universidade de Coimbra = University of Coimbra [Portugal]); Helena Freitas (UC - Universidade de Coimbra = University of Coimbra [Portugal]) |
| Abstract: | We present a survey-based intervention through an informative nudge on Agroecological Weed Management (AWM). Data are based on 405 responses by European farmers. An adverse effect of the informational nudge is found. Learning the consequences of the desired practice may nudge the farmer against rather than in favor of adopting it. The effect depends on the current practices adopted, the farmer's experience, education, age and gender. |
| Keywords: | Informative Nudges, Agroecology, Weed Management, Sustainability, Herbicides |
| Date: | 2025–11–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05703511 |
| By: | Wienert, Julian |
| Abstract: | Extreme heat is one of the most significant climate-sensitive public health challenges of the twenty-first century. In response, Heat-Health Action Plans (HHAPs) have become the principal framework for coordinating multisectoral adaptation measures. While the recently updated World Health Organization (WHO) guidance provides a comprehensive strategic framework for HHAP development, translating these strategic objectives into coordinated implementation across sectors remains a persistent challenge. This discussion paper proposes to use the existing Behavior Change Wheel (BCW; Michie et al., 2014) as a complementary implementation framework for Heat-Health Action Planning. Rather than introducing new heat-health interventions, the BCW provides an explicit behavioral implementation logic that systematically links behavioral diagnosis, intervention functions, and policy categories within a common analytical framework. This enables strategic HHAP objectives to be translated into context-specific implementation strategies across individual, organizational, and governance levels. By integrating behavioral diagnosis with intervention design and policy action, the BCW complements the WHO Heat-Health Action Planning guidance and supports the operationalization of existing HHAP core elements. The paper further illustrates how the BCW can facilitate behavioral diagnosis, intervention selection, and coordinated implementation across different implementation contexts. Conceptualizing Heat-Health Action Plans as implementation systems highlights the importance of explicitly addressing the behavioral processes through which heat-health interventions are delivered and coordinated. The proposed integration positions the BCW as a complementary implementation framework that can strengthen the coherence, feasibility, and coordination of HHAP implementation while providing a foundation for future empirical research on behavioral approaches to climate change adaptation. |
| Keywords: | heat-health action plans, climate change adaptation, behavior change, implementation science, Behavior Change Wheel, heat health |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:iubhso:344089 |
| By: | Alberto Chong (Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University and Universidad del Pacifico, Peru); Daniela Valdivia (Inter-American Development Bank) |
| Abstract: | Deceased-donor registries are chronically undersupplied. This is particularly true in developing countries. We ask whether putting a face on potential donors changes behavior. In a laboratory experiment in Peru, sessions were randomly assigned to a text-only registration request or to one accompanied by a photograph of a prospective recipient. Since treatment is assigned by session, we take the session as the unit of inference. When registering is costly, a photograph raises registration by 7.0 percentage points on a control mean of 36.2 percent; the effect is concentrated in the initial costly block and is not detected in the subsequent costless block. Given that block order is confounded with cost, this is consistent with a cost-dependent treatment effect. Every subject also ranked photographs of two ethnicities; subjects register more often in the rounds showing the photograph they themselves ranked more favorably, while the same variable constructed for control subjects is null. |
| Date: | 2026–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ays:ispwps:paper2630 |