Search Results - "Loewenstein, George"

Privacy and human behavior in the age of information by Acquisti, Alessandro, Brandimarte, Laura, Loewenstein, George

“…This Review summarizes and draws connections between diverse streams of empirical research on privacy behavior. We use three themes to connect insights from…”
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Information Avoidance by Golman, Russell, Hagmann, David, Loewenstein, George

“…We commonly think of information as a means to an end. However, a growing theoretical and experimental literature suggests that information may directly enter…”
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Habit formation in children: Evidence from incentives for healthy eating by Loewenstein, George, Price, Joseph, Volpp, Kevin

“…We present findings from a field experiment conducted at 40 elementary schools involving 8000 children and 400,000 child-day observations, which tested whether…”
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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy 102: Beyond Nudging by Bhargava, Saurabh, Loewenstein, George

“…Policymakers have recently embraced Behavioral Economics as an alternative approach which recognizes the limits and consequences of human decision-making…”
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Behaviorally Informed Strategies for a National COVID-19 Vaccine Promotion Program by Volpp, Kevin G, Loewenstein, George, Buttenheim, Alison M

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Hot-Cold Empathy Gaps and Medical Decision Making by Loewenstein, George

“…Prior research has shown that people mispredict their own behavior and preferences across affective states. When people are in an affectively "cold" state,…”
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Strategies for Promoting Healthier Food Choices by Downs, Julie S., Loewenstein, George, Wisdom, Jessica

“…Responding to disappointing results from attempts to change behavior via information, not only for diet but for other domains, behavioral economists have…”
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Information Gaps: A Theory of Preferences Regarding the Presence and Absence of Information by Golman, Russell, Loewenstein, George

“…We propose a theory of preferences for acquiring or avoiding information and for exposure to uncertainty (i.e., risk or ambiguity) which is based on thoughts…”
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Strangers on a Plane: Context-Dependent Willingness to Divulge Sensitive Information by John, Leslie K., Acquisti, Alessandro, Loewenstein, George

“…New marketing paradigms that exploit the capabilities for data collection, aggregation, and dissemination introduced by the Internet provide benefits to…”
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The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose by ACQUISTI, ALESSANDRO, JOHN, LESLIE K., LOEWENSTEIN, GEORGE

“…Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others'…”
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Large Stakes and Big Mistakes by ARIELY, DAN, GNEEZY, URI, LOEWENSTEIN, GEORGE, MAZAR, NINA

“…Workers in a wide variety of jobs are paid based on performance, which is commonly seen as enhancing effort and productivity relative to non-contingent pay…”
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Conflicted advice and second opinions: Benefits, but unintended consequences by Sah, Sunita, Loewenstein, George

“…•We investigate when second opinions are likely to be beneficial or detrimental.•Primary advisors give more biased advice when they are aware of a second…”
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Conversational technology and reactions to withheld information by Gurney, Nikolos, Loewenstein, George, Chater, Nick

“…People frequently face decisions that require making inferences about withheld information. The advent of large language models coupled with conversational…”
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Fear and promise of the unknown: How losses discourage and promote exploration by Chin, Alycia, Hagmann, David, Loewenstein, George

“…Many situations involving exploration, such as businesses expanding into new products or locations, expose the explorer to the potential for subjective losses…”
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Emotions in Economic Theory and Economic Behavior by Loewenstein, George

“…Economists have not explicitly denied the existence and significance of visceral factors but have traditionally left them out of their analyses, whether…”
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Neuroeconomics: How Neuroscience Can Inform Economics by Camerer, Colin, Loewenstein, George, Prelec, Drazen

“…Who knows what I want to do? Who knows what anyone wants to do? How can you be sure about something like that? Isn't it all a question of brain chemistry,…”
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Disclosure: Psychology Changes Everything by Loewenstein, George, Sunstein, Cass R, Golman, Russell

“…We review literature examining the effects of laws and regulations that require public disclosure of information. These requirements are most sensibly imposed…”
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Time Discounting and Time Preference: A Critical Review by Frederick, Shane, Loewenstein, George, O'Donoghue, Ted

“…Intertemporal choices -- decisions involving trade-offs among costs and benefits occurring at different times -- are important and ubiquitous. Such decisions…”
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Fragile Self-Esteem by Kőszegi, Botond, Loewenstein, George, Murooka, Takeshi

“…Abstract We develop a model of fragile self-esteem—self-esteem that is vulnerable to objectively unjustified swings—and study its implications for choices that…”
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Slow Down! Insensitivity to Rate of Consumption Leads to Avoidable Satiation by Galak, Jeff, Kruger, Justin, Loewenstein, George

“…Consumers often choose how quickly to consume things they enjoy. The research presented here demonstrates that they tend to consume too rapidly, growing tired…”
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