This chapter discusses how and why incentives affect behavior change. Incentives are often
introduced into situations in which people are already motivated to change their behaviors …

Abstract In the United States, between 2005 and 2017, 23 states enacted anti-phishing laws
to prosecute those suspected of phishing. As the primary targets of phishing attacks, firms' …

Aims The efficacy of a healthy lifestyle in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
(CVD) is well established and a first-line recommendation in CVD prevention guidelines …

This paper investigates how the design of health insurance plans influences individuals'
treatment decisions. We derive several hypotheses how the framing of incentives in a plan …

Behavioral economics studies how people make actual decisions and combines insights
from other disciplines to understand why people behave in certain ways and how these …

The purpose of the current study was to examine the mediating role of perceived
organizational support (POS) on the relationship between wellness programs (participations …

The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a need-based employee wellness
program that integrates new media, with a focus on the social-ecological context. To this …

Due to lack of motivation, education, and free time, the Burns Recreation Center sees only
20% of LMU undergraduate students daily during academic terms. It's no secret that gym …

Fresh water is a life-sustaining but limited resource. It is this very constraint that presents the
challenge of how, or even if, households should be charged for the water they consume …

Economics is based on the premise that incentives matter. If the cost associated with an
activity or product increases, people will consume less of it. Similarly, if the benefit …