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Behavioral economics

How Digital Design Drives User Behavior

A review of the research.
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  • Shlomo Benartzi
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  • Saurabh Bhargava
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  • Shlomo Benartzi
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  • Saurabh Bhargava
February 03, 2020
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A review of recent research provides clear evidence that many organizations are currently undervaluing the power of digital design and should invest more in behaviorally informed designs to help people make better choices. In many cases, even minor fixes can have a major impact, offering a return on investment that’s several times larger than the conventional use of financial incentives or marketing and education campaigns.

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  • Shlomo Benartzi is a Professor of Behavioral Decision Making at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is also a senior academic advisor to the Voya Institute for Behavioral Finance Innovation. Follow him on Twitter @shlomobenartzi.
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    Saurabh Bhargava is an Associate Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), an academic affiliate of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT, and the Co-Director of the BEDR Policy Lab at CMU.
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