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The role of autonomy and reactance for nudging — Experimentally comparing defaults to recommendations and mandates

Collection: CCBI-DATA-PUBLIC : Behavioural Insights Public Archive: Data and replication packages of the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights 

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Replication package

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JRC-CCBI (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

Bruns, Hendrik; Grischa Perino (2023): The role of autonomy and reactance for nudging — Experimentally comparing defaults to recommendations and mandates. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/42680bf7-192a-489d-a80a-683f335581a2

Keywords

Autonomy Climate protection Default Experiment Public good Reactance

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Replication package - The role of autonomy and reactance for nudging — Experimentally comparing defaults to recommendations and mandates
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Publications

Publication 2023
The Role of Autonomy and Reactance for Nudging - Experimentally Comparing Defaults to Recommendations and Mandates
Bruns, H. and Perino, G., The Role of Autonomy and Reactance for Nudging - Experimentally Comparing Defaults to Recommendations and Mandates, JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS, ISSN 2214-8043 (online), 106, 2023, p. 102047, JRC134038.
  • ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK, USA
DOI
10.1016/j.socec.2023.102047
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  • Abstract

    Scholars, policymakers and decisionmakers sometimes criticize behavioral public policies, such as nudges, for undermining behavioral autonomy. We provide evidence from an experiment where participants encountered a recommendation, default value, or mandatory minimum contribution accompanied by varying information on the source, before contributing to climate protection and answering an autonomy-related questionnaire. We find that decisionmakers perceive defaults as more freedom threatening than recommendations and less threatening and angering than mandatory minimum contributions. Intrinsic motivation to protect the climate moderates these differences. An expert, but not the political source reduces threat to freedom and anger. Findings improve our understanding of decisionmakers' perceptions of nudges relative to other interventions.

Publication
The role of autonomy and reactance for nudging — Experimentally comparing defaults to recommendations and mandates
Bruns, H., & Perino, G. (2023). The role of autonomy and reactance for nudging—Experimentally comparing defaults to recommendations and mandates. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 106, 102047.
DOI
10.1016/j.socec.2023.102047

Geographic areas

Germany

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2016-11-01 2017-01-31

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2024-05-21
Modified date
2024-05-22
Issued date
2023-10-02
Data theme(s)
Environment, Population and society
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/42680bf7-192a-489d-a80a-683f335581a2
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