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 Citation: 

Allcott, Hunt, Cohen, Daniel, Morrison, William, and Taubinsky, Dmitry. Data and Code for: When Do “Nudges” Increase Welfare? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-04-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/E208345V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the data packet accompanying the manuscript "When Do 'Nudges' Increase Welfare?", AER-2023-1304.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Science Foundation; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; National Institute on Aging via NBER Roybal Center (P30AG034532); National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (DGE-2234667)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms behavioral welfare analysis; nudges; information provision; warning labels; randomized experiments; fuel economy; sugar-sweetened beverages
JEL Classification:  View help for 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:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2021 – 2021
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2021 – 2021
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) experimental data

Methodology

Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web-based survey
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Product purchasing decision

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