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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

   The effectiveness of nudging: A meta-analysis of choice architecture interventions across behavioral domains

   Mertens, Herberz, Hahnel and Brosch · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021

   The paper is a meta-analysis of over a decade of research on choice architecture interventions, aiming to assess their overall effectiveness and the conditions under which they change behaviour.

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   1. UncheckedA quantitative review of over a decade of studies reports that choice architecture interventions promote behaviour change across key domains, populations and locations.“Here we quantitatively review over a decade of research, showing that choice architecture interventions successfully promote behavior change across key behavioral domains, populations, and locations.”

2. Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

   When and why defaults influence decisions: a meta-analysis of default effects

   Jachimowicz, Duncan, Weber and Johnson · Behavioural Public Policy · 2019

   A meta-analysis of 58 default studies (pooled n = 73,675) estimates the average effect of defaults and examines why their effectiveness varies, including by domain and by how defaults operate.

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   1. UncheckedA meta-analysis of 58 studies finds defaults have a sizeable average effect on choices, but effects vary widely, and a few studies show none or a negative effect.“While our analysis reveals a considerable influence of defaults (d = 0.68, 95% confidence interval = 0.53–0.83), we also discover substantial variation: the majority of default studies find positive effects, but several do not find a significant effect, and two even demonstrate negative effects.”