Why do Social Nudges Actually Work? Theoretical and Experimental Elements from a Randomized Controlled Trial with Bordeaux Winegrowers
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Keywords
nudges; RCT; farmer behavior; social norms; ethics of public interventions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2021-11-08 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2021-11-08 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2021-11-08 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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