This paper investigates differences between a default, a recommendation, and a mandatory minimum contribution on private provision of a large scale public good. Their interaction with regulator identity and intrinsic motivation on voluntary contributions is the primary focus. Data are from an...

Labeling news as fake is a recent phenomenon occurring predominantly online, and increasingly in political online environments. This paper investigates the influence of proclaimed doubt in media independence on trust in news- and scientific reports on climate change. Evidence from a...

The provisionally agreed (as of June 2024) packaging and packaging waste regulation requires EU Member States to implement harmonised waste-sorting labels. Applied to both packaging and receptacles, the labels will contain information on the material composition of the former, using pictograms...

This report summarises key insights from the "Behavioural Insights Applied to Policy" workshop organised by the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights (CCBI) on 23-24 September 2024, in Brussels. The workshop gathered policymakers, academics, and practitioners from a range of government...

Frequently, scholars and decision-makers criticize behavioral public policies for infringing on behavioral autonomy. This paper provides evidence from an online framed field experiment, in which participants encountered a recommendation, a default value, or a mandatory minimum contribution...

Nudges receive growing attention as an effective concept to alter people's decisions without significantly changing economic incentives or limiting options. However, being often very subtle and covert, nudges are also criticized as unethical.By not being transparent about the intention to...