Effective reminders

Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2915-2932

  Calzolari, Giacomo ^a,b   Nardotto, Mattia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost effective policy; Exercise; Field experiment; Gym; Habit formation; Limited attention; Reminders

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COSTS;

COST EFFECTIVE; EXERCISE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HABIT-FORMATION; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; REMINDERS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 85029003053     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2499     Document Type: Article

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