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Data and Code for: When Do "Nudges" Increase Welfare?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER; Daniel Cohen, Northwestern University; William Morrison, Cornerstone Research; Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

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Project Description

Summary: This is the data packet accompanying the manuscript "When Do 'Nudges' Increase Welfare?", AER-2023-1304.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: behavioral welfare analysis; nudges; information provision; warning labels; randomized experiments; fuel economy; sugar-sweetened beverages

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      D61 Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      D90 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General
      H21 Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      L15 Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
      Q58 Environmental Economics: Government Policy

Geographic Coverage: United States

Data Type(s): experimental data

Methodology

Collection Mode(s): web-based survey

Unit(s) of Observation: Product purchasing decision

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V2 [2025-04-09]

V1 [2025-03-26]

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