Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-28-2017

Publication Title

The Journal of Economic Education

First Page

1

Last Page

7

Abstract

Information provided at the moment a person makes a decision can influence behavior in predictable ways. The United Kingdom's Behavioural Insights Team have used this idea to help improve the insulation of lofts, collect taxes, and even reduce litter. The authors of this article developed software that appends a personalized message to each assignment in the class regarding the student's current grade. This “grade nudge” explains precisely how the assignment will impact the student's final grade given their current standing in the class. Through a randomized trial, the authors show that the nudge improves student homework performance by about four percentage points.

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© 2017 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Economic Education (ISSN: 0022-0485 (Print) 2152-4068 (Online) Journal homepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vece20) on 28 November 2017.

DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2017.1397570 To link to this article in a publisher version format: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220485.2017.1397570.

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