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Strategic ignorance of health risk: its causes and policy consequences
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- Nordström, Jonas (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,AgriFood Economics Centre, Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet,Ekonomihögskolan,AgriFood Economics Centre, Lund University School of Economics and Management,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,University of Copenhagen
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- Thunström, Linda (författare)
- University of Wyoming
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- van 't Veld, Klaas (författare)
- University of Wyoming
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- Shogren, Jason F. (författare)
- University of Wyoming
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- Ehmke, Mariah (författare)
- University of Wyoming
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- 2020-01-27
- 2023
- Engelska 32 s.
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Ingår i: Behavioural Public Policy. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 2398-0648 .- 2398-063X. ; 7:1, s. 83-114
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Abstract
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- We examine the causes and policy implications of strategic (willful) ignorance of risk as an excuse to over-engage in risky health behavior. In an experiment on Copenhagen adults, we allow subjects to choose whether to learn the calorie content of a meal before consuming it and then measure their subsequent calorie intake. Consistent with previous studies, we find strong evidence of strategic ignorance: 46% of subjects choose to ignore calorie information, and these subjects subsequently consume more calories on average than they would have had they been informed. While previous studies have focused on self-control as the motivating factor for strategic ignorance of calorie information, we find that ignorance in our study is instead motivated by optimal expectations – subjects choose ignorance so that they can downplay the probability of their preferred meal being high-calorie. We discuss how the motivation matters to policy. Further, we find that the prevalence of strategic ignorance largely negates the effects of calorie information provision: on average, subjects who have the option to ignore calorie information consume the same number of calories as subjects who are provided no information.
- We examine the causes and policy implications of strategic (willful) ignorance of risk as an excuse to overengage in risky health behavior. In an experiment on Copenhagen adults, we allow subjects to choose whether to learn the calorie content of a meal before consuming it, and measure their subsequent calorie intake. Consistent with previous studies, we find strong evidence of strategic ignorance: 46% of subjects choose to ignore calorie information, and these subjects subsequently consume more calories on average than they would have had they been informed. While previous studies have focused on self-control as the motivating factor for strategic ignorance of calorie information, we find that ignorance in our study is instead motivated by optimal expectations—subjects choose ignorance so that they can downplay the probability of their preferred meal being high-calorie. We discuss how the motivation matters to policy. Further, we find that the prevalence of strategic ignorance largely negates the effects of calorie information provision: on average, subjects who have the option to ignore calorie information consume the same number of calories as subjects who are provided no information.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Strategic ignorance
- Willful ignorance
- Optimal expectations
- menu labeling
- calorie information
- Strategic ignorance
- Willful ignorance
- Optimal expectations
- Menu labeling
- Calorie information
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