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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.

Dual-Promotion: Bragging Better by Promoting Peers

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
August 10, 2023
Eric M. VanEpps, Einav Hart, Maurice E. Schweitzer

Questions and Deception: How To Ask Better Questions and Elicit the Truth

Current Opinion in Psychology
June 9, 2022
Eric M. VanEpps, Einav Hart

The Predictive Power of Exponential Numeracy

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
May 14, 2022
T. Bradford Bitterly, Eric M. VanEpps, Maurice E. Schweitzer

Effect of Process- and Outcome-Based Financial Incentives on Weight Loss Among Prediabetic New York Medicaid Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

American Journal of Health Promotion
July 18, 2018
Eric M. VanEpps, PhD; Andrea B. Troxel, ScD; Elizabeth Villamil, DrPH; Kathryn A. Saulsgiver, PhD; Jingsan Zhu, MS, MBA; Jo-Yu Chin, PhD, MS; Jacqueline Matson, MBA; Joseph Anarella, MPH; Patrick Roohan, MS; Foster Gesten, MD; Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD

Eliciting the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: The Effect of Question Phrasing on Deception

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
June 4, 2018
Julia A. Minson, Eric M. VanEpps, Jeremy A. Yip, Maurice E. Schweitzer

Financial Incentives for Chronic Disease Management: Results and Limitations of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials With New York Medicaid Patients

American Journal of Health Promotion
February 1, 2018
Eric M. VanEpps, PhD; Andrea B. Troxel, ScD; Elizabeth Villamil, MPH; Kathryn A. Saulsgiver, PhD; Jingsan Zhu, MS, MBA; Jo-Yu Chin, PhD, MS; Jacqueline Matson, MBA; Joseph Anarella, MPH; Patrick Roohan, MS; Foster Gesten, MD; Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD

Advance Ordering for Healthier Eating? Field Experiments on the Relationship Between the Meal Order–Consumption Time Delay and Meal Content

Journal of Marketing Research
June 28, 2017
Eric M. VanEpps, MS, PhD; Julie S. Downs, PhD; and George Loewenstein, PhD

The Influence of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Warnings – A Randomized Trial of Adolescents’ Choices and Beliefs

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
September 8, 2016
Eric M. VanEpps, Ph.D.; Christina A. Roberto, Ph.D.

A Nudge Toward Participation: Improving Clinical Trial Enrollment with Behavioral Economics

Science Translational Medicine
July 20, 2016
Eric M. VanEpps, Ph.D.; Kevin G. Volpp, M.D., Ph.D.; Scott D. Halpern, M.D., Ph.D.

Restaurant Menu Labeling Policy: Review of Evidence and Controversies

Current Obesity Reports
March 1, 2016
Eric M. VanEpps, Ph.D.; Christina A. Roberto, Ph.D.; Sarah Park, Ph.D.; Christina D. Economos, Ph.D.; Sara N. Bleich, Ph.D.

Calorie Label Formats: Using Numeric and Traffic Light Calorie Labels to Reduce Lunch Calories

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
March 1, 2015
Eric M. VanEpps, Ph.D.; Julie S. Downs, Ph.D.; George F. Loewenstein, Ph.D.