Savani, Manu Manthri - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-20
This article tests the effectiveness of commitment devices on weight loss. It can be applied as a health ‘nudge' that locks in future behaviours to achieve a desired health outcome, by staking money or reputation on achieving that goal. A field experiment randomly assigned 364 clients of an...