Effective but fragile? Responses to repeated nudge-based messages for preventing the spread of COVID-19 infection

S Sasaki, H Kurokawa, F Ohtake - The Japanese Economic Review, 2021 - Springer
Nudge-based messages have been employed in various countries to encourage voluntary
contact-avoidance and infection-prevention behaviors to control the spread of COVID-19 …

Situated affectivity and mind shaping: Lessons from social psychology

S Walter, A Stephan - Emotion Review, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Proponents of situated affectivity hold that “tools for feeling” are just as characteristic of the
human condition as are “tools for thinking” or tools for carpentry. An agent's affective life …

Nudging in the time of coronavirus? Comparing public support for soft and hard preventive measures, highlighting the role of risk perception and experience

L Dudás, R Szántó - Plos One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The importance of researching public support for preventive policies have been amplified by
the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a representative sample of the Hungarian population, we …

Tools for public health policy: nudges and boosts as active support of the law in special situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic

JM Krawiec, OM Piaskowska, PF Piesiewicz… - Globalization and …, 2021 - Springer
In recent years,“nudging” has become a standard behavioral intervention at the individual
level and for the design of social policies. Although nudges are effective, such interventions …

Can nudges save lives?

F Ohtake - The Japanese Economic Review, 2022 - Springer
To assess the promotion of life saving behaviors and determine the sustainability of nudge
message effects, this paper examines nudges that promote evacuation during heavy rainfall …

Diminishing returns: Nudging Covid-19 prevention among Colombian young adults

A Blackman, B Hoffmann - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like social distancing, face masks, and
handwashing will continue to be a frontline defense against Covid-19 for some time. But …

Using Social and Behavioral Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response

V Cucchiarini, P Lunn, D Robertson, R Viale - Handbook of Labor, Human …, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has led us to witness behavior change in pursuit of collective
goals on an unprecedented global scale. All individuals were asked to make an effort, with …

[HTML][HTML] Adding nudge-based reminders to financial incentives for promoting antibody testing and vaccination to prevent the spread of rubella

H Kato, S Sasaki, F Ohtake - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the effects of combining financial incentives with nudges to promote antibody
testing and vaccination to prevent the spread of rubella. In 2019, the Japanese government …

The role of nudge-based messages on the acceptability and download of COVID-19 contact tracing apps: survey experiments

H Kurokawa, S Sasaki, F Ohtake - The Japanese Economic Review, 2024 - Springer
We investigated the effectiveness of nudge-based messages in promoting the download of
contact tracing apps, particularly in the context of low uptake due to serious distrust in the …

Bayesian probability revision and infection prevention behavior in Japan: A quantitative analysis of the first wave of COVID-19

S Kinoshita, M Sato, T Ida - Research in Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
The relationship between cognitive biases and infection prevention behavior remains
unexplored in the existing literature. This study uses data from a questionnaire survey …