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Like ripples on a pond: Behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy
- Source :
- Journal of Economic Psychology. 47:1-16
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be accounted for when applying behavioral science to policy challenges. We consider behaviors which take place sequentially and are linked, at a conscious or unconscious level, by some underlying motive. The first behavior leads to another behavior which can either work in the same direction as the first (promoting spillover), or push back against it (permitting or purging spillover). Looking through this conceptual lens at the existing evidence, we find pervasive evidence for all kinds of spillover effects across a variety of fields and domains. As a result, behavioral scientists, especially those seeking to inform policy, should try to capture all the ripples from one behavior to the next when a pebble of intervention is thrown in the pond, and not just at the immediate behavioral splash it makes.
- Subjects :
- H Social Sciences (General)
jel:C93
Economics and Econometrics
Unconscious mind
BF Psychology
jel:C91
Sociology and Political Science
Nudge theory
Policy-making
Behavioral spillovers
behavioral spillovers policy-making
nudges
crowding in/out
Behavioural sciences
Affect (psychology)
Variety (cybernetics)
Nudges
Intervention (law)
Spillover effect
13. Climate action
Crowding in/out
Economics
Conceptual frame
Marketing
Applied Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01674870
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....136a696581a51a70fbc60b817bfa630d