The Welfare Effects of Food Choice Nudges: Theory and Field Experimental Evidence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jimenez-Gomez ◽  
Anya Samek
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Welfare Effects

scholarly journals Welfare Effects of a Non-Contributory Old Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Laura Alzua ◽  
Natalia Cantet ◽  
Ana Dammert ◽  
Damilola Olajide
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Welfare Effects

scholarly journals Trust and kinship: experimental evidence from rural India

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-237
Author(s):  
Yashodha
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Welfare Effects ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Economic Experiment ◽  
Differential Behaviour ◽  
Other Regarding ◽  
Heterogeneous Effect ◽  
Other Regarding Preferences

AbstractThe evidence on the welfare effects of kinship is mixed, suggesting both positive and adverse effects of kinship. This study looks into the differential effects of kinship on trusting and trustworthy behaviour by investigating the subjects’ motives and drivers of differential behaviour towards kin and non-kin. We conducted an economic experiment with households of rural India. We found that kin are trusted more than non-kin and that differential trust towards kin and non-kin is mainly driven by higher other-regarding preferences towards kin rather than being due to differences in expected reciprocity between kin and non-kin. We observed a heterogeneous effect of kin on trustworthy behaviour: kin exhibit low trustworthiness when they are not close to other kin, while they exhibit higher trustworthiness when they have close kin in the network.

scholarly journals Dynamic Inconsistency in Food Choice: Experimental Evidence from Two Food Deserts

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 1954-1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Sadoff ◽  
Anya Samek ◽  
Charles Sprenger
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
Dynamic Inconsistency ◽  
Welfare Consequences ◽  
Utility Measures

Abstract We conduct field experiments to investigate dynamic inconsistency and commitment demand in food choice. In two home grocery delivery programs, we document substantial dynamic inconsistency between advance and immediate choices. When given the option to commit to their advance choices, around half of subjects take it up. Commitment demand is negatively correlated with dynamic inconsistency, suggesting those with larger self-control problems are less likely to be aware thereof. We evaluate the welfare consequences of dynamic inconsistency and commitment policies with utility measures based on advance, immediate, and unambiguous choices. Simply offering commitment has limited welfare (and behavioural) consequences under all measures.

How do memory modules differentially contribute to familiarity and recollection?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olya Hakobyan ◽  
Sen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Memory Modules ◽  
Familiarity And Recollection ◽  
Memory Contents

Abstract We fully support dissociating the subjective experience from the memory contents in recognition memory, as Bastin et al. posit in the target article. However, having two generic memory modules with qualitatively different functions is not mandatory and is in fact inconsistent with experimental evidence. We propose that quantitative differences in the properties of the memory modules can account for the apparent dissociation of recollection and familiarity along anatomical lines.

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