NudgeNews Nov. 18, 2011

Credit: Salvatore Vuono

By Pelle Guldborg Hansen

Everyday quite a few articles, blogs and papers on Nudge and related issues are made available online. NudgeNews is our way of trying to facilitate a better understanding of nudging by giving you access and an overview.

Nov. 18, 2011. 

Consumer, money, economy. Politic.co.uk report on how HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) step up their Tax Health Plan using the social nudges.

CIOT: Doctors’ orders – HMRC issue final warning to 2500 health professionals

Consumer, money, economy, new research. Bob Sullivan reports on new research published in Journal of Consumer Research by Promothesh Chatterjee of the University of Kansas and Randall L. Rose or University of South Carolina suggesting that not only do credit cards make you use more money (the credit card premium), but it also makes you evaluate goods in a biased way. 

Using a credit card induces euphoria, new research shows

Sustainability, university, trash. When University of Pittsburgh students weren’t recycling, student Jamie Kimmel designed some new labels to help people realize the consequences of their actions.

U Of Recycling: Creative Signage Gives A Nudge