Cass R. Sunstein: Choosing Not to Choose. Understanding the Value of Choice

Isztin, Péter

doi:10.18414/ksz.2016.7-8.889

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Instead, we need to consider how far the person performing the behaviour is involved in shaping the initiative itself, as well as the level and nature of any capacity created by the intervention. People may be heavily engaged in selecting and developing a nudge intervention that nonetheless does not trigger any reflection or build any skills 135 . Alternatively, a policymaker may have paternalistically assumed that people want to build up their capacity to perform an action, when in fact they do not.…”

Section: Values Be Humble Explore and Enablementioning

confidence: 99%

A manifesto for applying behavioural science

Hallsworth¹

2023

Nat Hum Behav

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Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of behavioural science to address the priorities of public and private sector actors. There is now a vibrant ecosystem of practitioners, teams and academics building on each other's findings across the globe. Their focus on robust evaluation means we know that this work has had an impact on important issues such as antimicrobial resistance, educational attainment and climate change. However, several critiques have also emerged; taken together, they suggest that applied behavioural science needs to evolve further over its next decade. This manifesto for the future of applied behavioural science looks at the challenges facing the field and sets out ten proposals to address them. Meeting these challenges will mean that behavioural science is better equipped to help to build policies, products and services on stronger empirical foundations-and thereby address the world's crucial challenges.

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Section: Values Be Humble Explore and Enablementioning

confidence: 99%

A manifesto for applying behavioural science

Hallsworth¹

2023

Nat Hum Behav

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“…This change has also opened the door for the use of digital nudges (for a definition, see [56], or [57]). However, digital nudges are now mainly researched in areas such as privacy/security, e-commerce/marketing, and social media [58], but not in online food choices [59,60].…”

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confidence: 99%

Online Food Choices: When Do “Recommended By” Labels Work?

Catarci,

Laasner Vogt,

Reijnen

2024

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Understanding digital menu choices in limited-option environments, such as university cafés, is crucial for promoting healthier and more sustainable food choices. We are, therefore, looking at two possible interventions or nudges—recommendation and position—and how they interact with, for example, price. In the first smartphone-based study (N = 517), participants were presented with two menu options, while the factors “recommendation”, “position”, and “price” were manipulated. We only found effects in relation to the choice of the more popular menu option. Specifically, when the popular meal was the expensive option, the recommendation had a negative effect on choice, but not when the popular meal was the cheaper option. The aim of the second smartphone-based study (N = 916) was to shed more light on the role of popularity or personal preference in relation to recommendations. We manipulated the differences in personal preference (small or large) using a ranking task presented before the menu choice. In Study 2, the interaction effect between recommendation and price for the more popular menu option could not be replicated. Instead, we found that the greater the difference in preference, the less pronounced the price effect was. Overall, some effects of the recommendations have been identified, but further research is needed to clarify the exact circumstances under which they arise.

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“…If two or more unions have representation rights, comparisons must also be made across unions and not solely with the non-union option. It can be mentally taxing and potentially overwhelming, especially if the decision-maker is tired and/or has a hectic schedule (Sunstein, 2015). In such cases, an individual may choose not to choose, at least deferring any decision, and conserving mental resources for other, more pressing and possibly easier decisions (Anderson, 2003).…”

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“…Defaults affect choices through the forces of inertia. Making decisions can be tedious, difficult and time-consuming, particularly in complex situations (Sunstein, 2015). Major effort can be required to understand the nature of the problem or opportunity at hand and the various solutions available.…”

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The potential of a union default to influence the preferences and choices of non-union workers in unionised workplaces

Harcourt

Gall

Wilson

et al. 2021

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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This article questions the perception of non-union workers as rather rigid and out-of-reach non-unionists by using research conducted in New Zealand. It explores whether, under new institutional architecture, non-unionists would continue to exhibit the same preferences and exercise the same choices as before. This was done by testing their responses to a union default scenario. The significance of this study concerns how this particular group of workers, contra non-union workers in non-union workplaces, would react to a union default where a union is already available to them. By contrast, non-union workers in non-union workplaces not only at present have effectively no choice for gaining union representation but are also bereft of any experience of it in their workplace. The results suggest 44% of these employees would join as a result of a union default with union density consequently rising in New Zealand from 17–18% to 26–27%.

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Cass R. Sunstein: Choosing Not to Choose. Understanding the Value of Choice

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

A manifesto for applying behavioural science

A manifesto for applying behavioural science

Online Food Choices: When Do “Recommended By” Labels Work?

The potential of a union default to influence the preferences and choices of non-union workers in unionised workplaces

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