Skip to content
Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
  1. Research

Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit

American Journal of Health Promotion
October 4, 2022
Mitesh S. Patel, Katherine L. Milkman, Linnea Gandhi, Heather N. Graci, Dena Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Jake Rothschild, Modupe Akinola, John Beshears, Jonathan E. Bogard, Alison Buttenheim, Christopher Chabris, Gretchen B. Chapman, James J. Choi, Hengchen Dai, Craig R. Fox, Amir Goren, Matthew D. Hilchey, Jillian Hmurovic, Leslie K. John, Dean Karlan, Melanie Kim, David Laibson, Cait Lamberton, Brigitte C. Madrian, Michelle N. Meyer, Maria Modanu, Jimin Nam, Todd Rogers, Renante Rondina, Silvia Saccardo, Maheen Shermohammed, Dilip Soman, Jehan Sparks, Caleb Warren, Megan Weber, Ron Berman, Chalanda N. Evans, Seung Hyeong Lee, Christopher K. Snider, Eli Tsukayama, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp, Angela L. Duckworth

Opportunity Neglect: An Aversion to Low-Probability Gains

Psychological Science
September 26, 2022
Emily Prinsloo, Kate Barasz, Leslie K. John, Michael I. Norton

A Salient Sugar Tax Decreases Sugary-Drink Buying

Association for Psychological Science
October 29, 2021
Donnelly GE, Guge PM, Howell RT, John LK

Anger Damns the Innocent

Sage Journal
July 29, 2021
Katherine A. DeCelles, Gabrielle S. Adams, Holly S. Howe, Leslie K. John

A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
May 18, 2021
Milkman KL, Patel MS, Gandhi L, Graci HN, Gromet DM, Ho H, Kay JS, Lee TW, Akinola M, Beshears J, Bogard JE, Buttenheim A, Chabris CF, Chapman GB, Choi JJ, Dai H, Fox CR, Goren A, Hilchey MD, Hmurovic J, John LK, Karlan D, Kim M, Laibson D, Lamberton C, Madrian BC, Meyer MN, Modanu M, Nam J, Rogers T, Rondina R, Saccardo S, Shermohammed M, Soman D, Sparks J, Warren C, Weber M, Berman R, Evans CN, Snider CK, Tsukayama E, Van den Bulte C, Volpp KG, Duckworth AL.

A Mega-Study of Text-Based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor’s Appointment

PNAS
March 18, 2021
Milkman, Katherine L. and Patel, Mitesh S. and Gandhi, Linnea and Graci, Heather and Gromet, Dena and Ho, Quoc Dang Hung and Kay, Joseph and Lee, Timothy and Akinola, Modupe and Beshears, John and Bogard, Jonathan and Buttenheim, Alison and Chabris, Christopher and Chapman, Gretchen B. and Choi, James J. and Dai, Hengchen and Fox, Craig R. and Goren, Amir and Hilchey, Matthew and Hmurovic, Jillian and John, Leslie and Karlan, Dean and Kim, Melanie and Laibson, David I. and Lamberton, Cait and Madrian, Brigitte C. and Meyer, Michelle N. and Modanu, Maria and Nam, Jimin and Rogers, Todd and Rondina, Renante and Saccardo, Silvia and Shermohammed, Maheen and Soman, Dilip and Sparks, Jehan and Warren, Caleb and Weber, Megan and Berman, Ron and Evans, Chalanda and Snider, Christopher and Tsukayama, Eli and Van den Bulte, Christophe and Volpp, Kevin and Duckworth, Angela, A

Shooting the Messenger

APA PyscNet
June 15, 2019
Leslie K. John, PhD; Hayley Blunden; Heidi Liu

The Effect of Graphic Warnings on Sugary-Drink Purchasing

Psychological Science
June 18, 2018
Grant E. Donnelly, MA, BA; Laura Y. Zatz, MPH, BA; Dan Svirsky, JD, BA; Leslie K. John, PhD, MSc;

Pseudo-set framing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
October 1, 2017
Kate Barasz, BA, DBA; Lesile K. John, BA, MsC, PhD; Elizabeth A. Keenan, BS, MAS, PhD; Michael I. Norton, BA, PhD

Psychologically Informed Implementations of Sugary-Drink Portion Limits

Association for Psychological Science
March 31, 2017
Leslie K. John, PhD; Grant E. Donnelly, MA; Christina Roberto, PhD.

Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States of America
January 26, 2016
Leslie K. John, Ph.D.; Kate Barasz, B.A.; Michael I. Norton, Ph.D.

Empirical Observations on Longer-Term Use of Incentives for Weight Loss

Preventive Medicine
November 1, 2012
Leslie K. John, Ph.D.; George F. Loewenstein, Ph.D.; Kevin G. Volpp, M.D., Ph.D.

Measuring the Prevalence of Questionable Research Practices with Incentives for Truth Telling

Psychological Science
May 1, 2012
Leslie K. John, Ph.D.; George F. Loewenstein, Ph.D.; Drazen Prelec, Ph.D.