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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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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.

Effects Of An Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate At A Long-Term Care Network

Health Affairs
August 7, 2023
Aleksandra M. Golos, Alison M. Buttenheim, Ashley Z. Ritter, Elizabeth F. Bair, Gretchen B. Chapman

The Impact of Donor Consent Mechanism on Organ Procurement Organization Performance in the United States

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
January 5, 2023
Nishma Valikodath, A. Nicole Lambert, Alison Butler, Daniel J. Lebovitz, Gretchen Chapman, Meng Xu, James C. Slaughter, Jonathan N. Menachem, Justin Godown

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

Crowdsourcing Interventions To Promote Uptake of COVID-19 Booster Vaccines

The Lancet eClinicalMedicine
September 5, 2022
Robert Böhm, Cornelia Betsch, Yana Litovsky, Philipp Sprengholz, Noel T. Brewer, Gretchen Chapman, Julie Leask, George Loewenstein, Martha Scherzer, Cass R. Sunstein, Michael Kirchler

Large Numbers Cause Magnitude Neglect: The Case of Government Expenditures

PNAS
July 8, 2022
Christina Boyce-Jacino, Ellen Peters, Alison P. Galvani, Gretchen B. Chapman

Effects of Ownership Text Message Wording and Reminders on Receipt of an Influenza Vaccination

JAMA Network Open
February 18, 2022
Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA; Katherine L. Milkman, PhD; Angela L. Duckworth, PhD; Dena M. Gromet, PhD; Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA; Gretchen Chapman, PhD

A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies

Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences in The United States of America
February 6, 2022
Katherine Milkman, Linnea Gandhi, Mitesh Patel, Heather Graci, Dena M. Gromet, Hung Ho, Jseph Kay, Timothy Lee, Jake Rothschild, Jonathan Bogard, Illana Brody, Christopher Chabris, Edward Chang, Gretchen Chapman, Jennifer Dannals, Noah Goldstein, Amir Goren, Hal Hershfield, Alex Hirsch, Jillian Hmurovic, Samantha Horn, Dean Karlan, Ariella S. Kristal, Cait Lamberton, Michelle N. Meyer, Allison H. Oakes, Maurice Schweitzer, Maheen Shermohammed, Joachim Talloen, Caleb Warren, Ashley Whillans, Kuldeep Yadav, Julian Zlatev, ,Ron Berman, Chalanda Evans, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, Nina Mazar, Sendhil Mullainathan, Christopher Snider, Jann Spiess, Eli Tsukayama, Lyle Ungar, Christopher Van den Bulte, Kevin Volpp, Angela Duckworth

Effects of Ownership Text Message Wording and Reminders on Receipt of an Influenza Vaccination: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
February 1, 2022
Alison Buttenheim, Katherine L. Milkman, Angela L. Duckworth, Dena M. Gromet, Mitesh Patel, Gretchen Chapman

Looking Beyond Cognition for Risky Decision Making: COVID-19, the Environment, and Behavior

Looking Beyond Cognition for Risky Decision Making: COVID-19, the Environment, and Behavior
December 13, 2021
Broomell SB, Chapman GB

Doctor recommendations and parents’ HPV vaccination intentions in Kenya: A randomized survey

Preventive Medicine Reports
December 9, 2021
Horn S, Chapman GB, Chouhan K

Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science

Nature
December 8, 2021
Milkman KL, Gromet D, Ho H, Kay JS, Lee TW, Pandiloski P, Park Y, Rai A, Bazerman M, Beshears J, Bonacorsi L, Camerer C, Chang E, Chapman G, Cialdini R, Dai H, Eskreis-Winkler L, Fishbach A, Gross JJ, Horn S, Hubbard A, Jones SJ, Karlan D, Kautz T, Kirgios E, Klusowski J, Kristal A, Ladhania R, Loewenstein G, Ludwig J, Mellers B, Mullainathan S, Saccardo S, Spiess J, Suri G, Talloen JH, Taxer J, Trope Y, Ungar L, Volpp KG, Whillans A, Zinman J, Duckworth AL.

Don’t Throw Your Heart Away: Increased Transparency of Donor Utilization Practices in Transplant Center Report Cards Alters How Center Performance is Evaluated

SAGE Journals
October 4, 2021
Butler AE, Chapman GB

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.

Nudges and choice architecture in organizations: New frontiers

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
April 30, 2021
Gretchen Chapman, Katherine L. Milkman, David Rand, Todd Rogers, Richard H. Thaler

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

A Mega-Study of Text-Message Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at their Pharmacy

SSRN
February 19, 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 Bogard, Jonathan and Brody, Ilana and Chabris, Christopher and Chang, Edward and Chapman, Gretchen B. and Dannals, Jennifer and Goldstein, Noah J. and Goren, Amir and Hershfield, Hal and Hirsch, Alex and Hmurovic, Jillian and Horn, Samantha and Karlan, Dean and Kristal, Ariella and Lamberton, Cait and Meyer, Michelle N. and Oakes, Allison and Schweitzer, Maurice E. and Shermohammed, Maheen and Talloen, Joachim H. and Warren, Caleb and Whillans, Ashley and Yadav, Kuldeep and Zlatev, Julian and Berman, Ron and Evans, Chalanda and Snider, Christopher and Tsukayama, Eli and Van den Bulte, Christophe and Volpp, Kevin and Duckworth, Angela