The COVID‐19 outbreak has become one of the largest public health crises our time. Governments have responded by implementing self‐isolation and physical distancing measures that profoundly impacted daily life throughout world. In this study, we aimed to investigate how people experience activities, interactions, settings their lives during pandemic. sample (N = 604) was assessed in Ireland on 25 March 2020, following closure schools non‐essential businesses. We examined within‐person...

Understanding the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour is key to addressing many environmental challenges. Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that human partly determined by people's economic preferences which therefore should predict individual differences in behaviour. In a pre-registered study, we elicit seven preference measures (risk taking, patience, present bias, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative trust) test whether they everyday life measured using day...

Abstract Everyday life is full of self‐control problems. The economist's favorite explanation for problems present bias. This paper tests whether experimentally elicited bias predicts in everyday life. We measure by using a standard incentivized delay discounting task and the day reconstruction method (DRM). Because this first study to DRM, we also validate showing that its data replicate key results from seminal Temptation Study. find does not predict self‐control. points distinction...

Abstract Behavioral scientists have begun to research ‘sludge,’ excessive frictions that make it harder for people do what they want do. Friction is also an important concept in transaction-cost economics. Nevertheless, sludge has been discussed without explicit referral transaction costs. Several questions arise from this observation. Is the analogy friction used differently both literatures? If so, are key differences? not, should we develop of when well-established literature on costs...

In many countries around the world, significant proportions of consumers report intentions to reduce their meat consumption. If followed through on, these reducers could yield substantial environmental, health and animal welfare benefits. Existing research warns, however, that good often go astray. current study, we examine prevalence consumption in a representative sample 1492 UK residents. We then investigate situational correlates intention-behaviour gaps among group 633 people with...

Abstract Insights from the behavioural sciences are increasingly used by governments and other organizations worldwide to ‘nudge’ people make better decisions. Furthermore, a large philosophical literature has emerged on ethical considerations nudging human behaviour that presented key challenges for area, but is regularly omitted discussion of policy design administration. We present discuss FORGOOD, an ethics framework synthesizes debate in memorable mnemonic. It suggests nudgers should...

Summary We present a form of soft paternalism called “autonomy‐enhancing paternalism” that seeks to increase individual well‐being by facilitating the ability make critically reflected, autonomous decisions. The focus autonomy‐enhancing is on helping individuals become better decision‐makers, rather than them making decisions for them. Autonomy‐enhancing acknowledges behavioral interventions can change strength decision‐making anomalies over time, and favors those improve, reduce,...

The COVID-19 outbreak has become one of the largest public health crises our time. Governments have responded by implementing self-isolation and physical distancing measures that profoundly impacted daily life throughout world. In this study, we aimed to investigate how people experience activities, interactions, settings their lives during pandemic. sample (N = 604) were assessed in Ireland on 25th March, 2020, following closure schools non-essential businesses. We examined within-person...

Many governments offer financial incentives to encourage landowners plant trees. However, administrative burdens associated with these afforestation schemes can hinder grant uptake. This paper builds on existing research and “sludge,” which addresses challenges, by conducting a sludge audit of Ireland’s Afforestation Scheme. We create journey map that outlines the typical steps involved in securing grants, assess level type at each step this process, conduct thematic qualitative analysis...

Some trips are better than others, and more studies find that active travel (walking cycling) is satisfying motorized forms of (using the car or public transport). Why this case? Using data on satisfaction from 4134 commutes to a large University campus in Dublin, Ireland, paper replicates differences between travel. We attribute these part duration trip. Subjective trip characteristics, such as safety convenience, also play important roles. The explains rush-hour effects well why people...

Investments in energy-efficient technologies can save money over time and reduce environmental impacts. Accordingly, governments worldwide provide grants to encourage household investments clean, at scale. Although many households state intentions avail of these invest technologies, uptake the is low. This perspective suggests that administrative burden one major reason for low levels economically beneficial investments. Using a theoretical model, simulation with building energy data, we...

Environmental problems associated with the inappropriate use of fertilizers by rural smallholders are a growing concern in many countries. This paper contributes to literature examining whether risk preferences, time and personality traits related farmers' synthetic organic fertilizers. We rely on survey data collected from 815 farm households three rice-producing provinces eastern China empirical analyses. Results OLS rare events logistic regressions indicate that risk-seeking patience...

High-speed internet connections and online streaming services gave rise to the possibility binge-watch multiple television shows in one sitting. Binge-watching can be characterized as a problematic behavior but also an enjoyable way engage with shows. This study investigates whether self-control explains valence of binge-watching experiences measured using event reconstruction method. The tests lower levels trait predict higher negative affect positive during binge-watching. Additionally,...

Abstract The existence of self-control failures is often used to legitimize public policy interventions. argument that reducing can make people better off, as judged by themselves. However, there only scarce evidence on the frequency and welfare costs failures. This paper presents a survey method allows us measure in everyday life identify their terms associations with experienced subjective well-being. We present novel using this discuss its implications for behavioural economics policy.

Behavioral economics has shown that individuals sometimes make decisions are not in their best interests. This insight prompted calls for behaviorally informed policy interventions popularized under the notion of "libertarian paternalism." type "soft" paternalism aims at helping without reducing freedom choice. We highlight three problems libertarian paternalism: difficulty detecting what is interest an individual, focus on choice expense a autonomy, and neglect dynamic effects...

Abstract Actions can provide “responsibility utility” when they signal the actors’ identities or values to others themselves. This paper considers a novel implication of this responsibility utility for welfare analysis: fully informed incentive-compatible choice data give biased measure delivered by exogenously determined outcomes. A person’s policy outcome may be that would strictly absent if same person were passive recipient outcome. We introduce term “desirance” describe rank ordering...

Piracy in international waters is on the rise again, particular off coast of Somalia. While dynamic game between pirates, ship-owners, insurance firms and military seems to have reached some kind equilibrium, piracy risks generating significant negative externalities third parties (e.g. terms environmental hazards terrorism), justifying attempts contain it. We argue that these may benefit from a look back – through analytical lens rational choice theory most successful counterpiracy campaign...