Monetary incentives can backfire while nonstandard interventions, such as framing, can be
effective in influencing behavior. I review the empirical evidence on these two sets of …

Conventional economic policy focuses on 'economic'solutions (eg taxes, incentives,
regulation) to problems caused by market-level factors such as externalities, misaligned …

We present a generally applicable theory of focusing based on the hypothesis that a person
focuses more on, and hence overweights, attributes in which her options differ more. Our …

We study a regulation in Chile that mandates warning labels on products whose sugar or
caloric concentration exceeds certain thresholds. We show that consumers substitute from …

Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household-level data
from the United States, France, and the United Kingdom to (i) document these differences;(ii) …

I study how consumers respond to competing pieces of information that differ in their degree
of complexity and informativeness. In particular, I study the choice of refrigerators in the …

This paper examines the effect of choice architecture on Massachusetts' Health Insurance
Exchange. A policy change standardized cost-sharing parameters of plans across insurers …

The ENERGY STAR certification is a voluntary labeling that favors the adoption of energy
efficient products. In the US appliance market, the label is a coarse summary of otherwise …

Some information is beneficial; it makes people's lives go better. Some information is
harmful; it makes people's lives go worse. Some information has no welfare effects at all; …

Objective: The study examines the impact of a front-of-pack label (Dutch Choices) on
household purchase patterns. Design: Change in households' volume share of products …