TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Dušek, Libor A1 - Pardo, Nicolas T1 - Salience and Timely Compliance: Evidence from Speeding Tickets JF - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management N2 - This paper studies the enforcement of fines, and, in particular, the effects of simplification and salience nudges on timely payments. In a randomized controlled trial, we add cover letters to 80,000 payment notifications for speeding. The letters increase the salience of the payment deadline, the late penalty, or both. Emphasizing only the deadline is not effective. Stressing the late penalty significantly and persistently increases payment rates. The effect is largest if both parameters are made salient. The most effective treatment yields a net revenue gain that covers approximately 25 percent of the labor costs of the ticket administration personnel. A survey experiment documents how the salience nudges alter prior (mis)perceptions about the communicated parameters. The survey results rationalize the differential effects of the treatments and, together with the evidence from the RCT, offer a broader framework for explaining why certain nudges are effective in some contexts but fail in others. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22387 VL - 2 SP - 426 EP - 449 ET - 41 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Linek, Maximilian A1 - Traxler, Christian T1 - Framing and Social Information Nudges at Wikipedia JF - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization N2 - We analyze a series of trials that randomly assigned Wikipedia users in Germany to different web banners soliciting donations. The trials varied framing or content of social information about how many other users are donating. Framing a given number of donors in a negative way increased donation rates. Variations in the communicated social information had no detectable effects. The findings are consistent with the results from a survey experiment. In line with donations being strategic substitutes, the survey documents that the negative framing lowers beliefs about others’ donations. Varying the social information, in contrast, is ineffective in changing average beliefs. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.06.033 SN - 0167-2681 N1 - See also: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.11128.pdf VL - 188 SP - 1269 EP - 1279 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altmann, Steffen A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Weinschenk, Philipp T1 - Deadlines and Memory Limitations JF - Management Science N2 - This paper presents the results of two natural field experiments at a dental clinic. Guided by a simple theoretical model, we exogenously vary deadlines and associated rewards for arranging check-up appointments. Our data show strong and systematic effects of deadlines on patients’ behavior. Imposing deadlines induces patients to act earlier and at a persistently higher frequency than without a deadline. We further document that individuals systematically respond to deadlines, even if these are not tied to explicit rewards. Several of our findings suggest that individuals’ responses to deadlines are shaped by limitations in memory and attention. Our results illustrate that deadlines can be a powerful management tool to encourage timely task completion and to increase the cost effectiveness of performance-contingent rewards. KW - Deadlines KW - memory limitations KW - limited attention KW - field experiment Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4227 N1 - published online as article in advance on 15.12.2021 VL - 68 IS - 9 SP - 6733 EP - 6750 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Karch, Heribert A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus T1 - Jugend, Vorsorge, Finanzen. MetallRente Studie 2022. Zwischen sozialstaatlichem Anspruch und Individualisierung N2 - Die MetallRente Jugendstudie ist die umfassendste repräsentative Untersuchung zum Finanz- und Vorsorgeverhalten junger Menschen in Deutschland. Die fünfte Studie analysiert auch Einflüsse der Corona-Pandemie auf die Bereitschaft junger Menschen zur Zukunftsplanung und ihr Vorsorgeverhalten. Trauen 17- bis 27-Jährige dem Staat eine zukunftsfeste Alterssicherung für ihre Generation zu? Wie stehen sie zu immer neuen politischen Vorschlägen? Wie schauen sie auf Sicherheit und Rendite? Angesichts Niedrigzinsen, Überalterung und mangelnden Reformen orientiert sich eine ganze Generation neu. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://jugendstudie.info/downloads/dl/magazin-zur-metallrente-jugendstudie-2022 SN - 978-3-7799-6743-9 PB - Juventa Verlag GmbH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Traxler, Christian T1 - Behavioural Insights for Health Governance T2 - The Governance Report 2019: Health Governance Y1 - 2019 UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-governance-report-2019-9780198821502?q=The%20Governance%20Report%202019&lang=en&cc=de# SN - 9780198821502 SP - 135 EP - 148 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Dušek, Libor A1 - Pardo, Nicolas A1 - Traxler, Christian T1 - Salience, Incentives, and Timely Compliance: Evidence from Speeding Tickets T2 - MPI Collective Goods Discussion Paper N2 - This paper studies the enforcement of fines. We randomly assign 80,000 speeding tickets to treatments that increase the salience of the payment deadline, late penalties, or both. Stressing the penalties significantly and persistently increases payment rates. Emphasizing only the deadline is not effective. The findings from the RCT are consistent with a survey experiment which documents the treatments' impact on priors about parameters of the compliance problem. Exploiting discontinuous variation in fines, we then document a strong price responsiveness: a 1% increase in the payment obligation induces a 0.23 percentage point decrease in timely compliance. This semi-elasticity suggests that the impact of the salience nudges is equivalent to the effect of a 4-9% reduction in fines. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://ssrn.com/abstract=3600770 ET - No. 2020/9 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Wegrich, Kai T1 - Attitudes on Urban Mobility Policies. Results from a Survey in Berlin N2 - Urban mobility policies and the discussion around them have gained traction in many European cities, including Berlin. This policy brief presents survey evidence examining the preferences of citizens of Berlin city on mobility policy changes. The survey covers the expansion of bike infrastructure, the creation of traffic-calmed neighborhoods (Kiezblocks akin to Barcelona’s superblocks), the implementation of a 30km/h speed limit on main roads, increased parking fees, and introduction of congestion charges. The results indicate majority support for more cycle paths and a further roll out of Kiezblocks. In contrast, only a third of respondents support an increase in parking fees and the introduction of a congestion charge. Support and opposition is strongly correlated with education, political attitudes and car (vs bike) ownership. KW - Mobility Transition Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.hertie-school.org/en/news/detail/content/survey-majority-of-berliners-in-favour-of-expanding-bike-paths-and-low-traffic-neighbourhoods PB - Hertie School CY - Berlin ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Dušek, Libor T1 - Fines, Non-Payment, and Revenues: Evidence from Speeding Tickets N2 - We estimate the effect of the level of fines on payment compliance and revenues collected from speeding tickets. Exploiting discontinuous increases in fines at speed cutoffs, we implement a regression discontinuity design. The results document small payment responses: a 10 percent increase in the fine (i.e. the payment obligation) induces a 1 percentage point decline in timely payments. The implied revenue elasticity is about 0.9. Expressed in absolute terms, a one euro increase in the fine translates into a roughly 60 cent increase in payments collected. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4281384 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Dušek, Libor A1 - Pardo, Nicolas T1 - Jak zlepšit výběr pokut? Experiment se zjednodušením informací Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.prf.cuni.cz/aktuality/jak-zlepsit-vyber-pokut-experiment-se-zjednodusenim-informaci IS - Studie 2/2023 PB - Legal Data Hub ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Dušek, Libor T1 - Fines, nonpayment, and revenues: evidence from speeding tickets JF - The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization N2 - We estimate the effect of the level of fines on payment compliance and revenues collected from speeding tickets. Exploiting discontinuous increases in fines at speed cutoffs and reform-induced variation in these discontinuities, we implement two complementary regression discontinuity designs. The results consistently document small payment responses: a 10% increase in the fine (i.e., the payment obligation) induces a 1.2 percentage point decline in timely payments. The implied revenue elasticity is about 0.9. Expressed in absolute terms, a one-dollar increase in the fine translates into a roughly 60-cent increase in payments collected within 15 days (JEL H27, H26, K42). Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewad025 ER -