Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
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29.04.2022Datum der Veröffentlichung
22.06.2022Erstgutachter
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Dohmen, ThomasMetadaten
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This thesis uses experimental and quasi-experimental methods combined with real-world data to explore whether and how we may (or may not) leverage insights from psychology and economics to design simple non-monetary interventions aimed at helping individuals and groups to act in a way that is beneficial for themselves and society. The first chapter studies the impact of goal setting combined with real-time feedback on household water conservation in a water-stressed country. The second chapter shows that two different interventions aimed at reducing everyday energy consumption can become complements by each targeting different behavioral barriers. The third chapter tests a large-scale social media intervention to promote the adoption of digital contact tracing apps in the COVID-19 pandemic. The fourth chapter uses a transparency reform in competitive figure skating to study whether high public visibility can improve decision making in committees.
Schlagwörter
Verhaltensökonomie, Feldexperiment, Experimentalökonomik, Umweltverhalten, Transparenz, Feedback, Behavioral Economics, Real-Time Feedback, Randomized Controlled Trial, Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Transparency, Social Media, Goal Setting, Behavioral Intervention, Information Provision, Salience
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330 WirtschaftFang, Ximeng: Essays in Applied Microeconomics. - Bonn, 2022. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5-66950,
author = {{Ximeng Fang}},
title = {Essays in Applied Microeconomics},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2022,
month = jun,
note = {This thesis uses experimental and quasi-experimental methods combined with real-world data to explore whether and how we may (or may not) leverage insights from psychology and economics to design simple non-monetary interventions aimed at helping individuals and groups to act in a way that is beneficial for themselves and society. The first chapter studies the impact of goal setting combined with real-time feedback on household water conservation in a water-stressed country. The second chapter shows that two different interventions aimed at reducing everyday energy consumption can become complements by each targeting different behavioral barriers. The third chapter tests a large-scale social media intervention to promote the adoption of digital contact tracing apps in the COVID-19 pandemic. The fourth chapter uses a transparency reform in competitive figure skating to study whether high public visibility can improve decision making in committees.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/9902}
}
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