I develop a framework that elucidates how the primary target of auditors’ professional skepticism – audit evidence or their own judgment and decision making – interacts with other factors to affect auditors’ professional judgments. As an initial test of the framework, I conduct an...

Understanding when and why nudges work is crucial for designing interventions that consistently and reliably change behaviour. This paper explores the relationship between decision-making speed and the effectiveness of two nudges – carbon footprint labelling and menu repositioning – aimed at...

This paper explores the relationship between decision-making speed and the effectiveness of two nudges - carbon footprint labelling and menu repositioning - aimed at encouraging climate-friendly food choices. Building on Kahneman's dual-process theory of decision-making, we examine whether these...

Policy advice based on a rationalist perspective to foster sustainable behaviour has approached its limits; and gaps in the established models are becoming more and more obvious. To better understand how unsustainable choices are made, and to foster sustainable decision-making, alternatives to...

Children are important targets of advertising campaigns from companies. However, children have been found to be particularly vulnerable to negative effects of advertising, and protecting children from these effects is an important task of consumer policy. Two important aspects have to be...

Three studies tested whether people use cues about the way other people think---for example, whether others respond fast vs. slow---to infer what responses other people might give to reasoning problems. People who solve reasoning problems using deliberative thinking have better insight than...

This paper explores the relationship between decision-making speed and the effectiveness of two nudges - carbon footprint labelling and menu repositioning - aimed at encouraging climate-friendly food choices. Building on Kahneman's dual-process theory of decision-making, we examine whether these...