Nudges at the dentist

European Economic Review

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-38

  Altmann, Steffen ^a,b   Traxler, Christian ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^e CESifo ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Field experiment; Health prevention; Memory limitations; Reminder

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD;

EID: 84907504538     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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