Researchers vigorously debate the impact of incentives in preference reversal experiments. Do incentives alter behavior and generate economically consistent choices? Lichtenstein and Slovic (1971) document inconsistencies (reversals) in revealed preference in gamble pairs across paired choice and individual pricing tasks. The observed pattern is inconsistent with stable underlying preferences e...

BACKGROUND Reduced responsiveness to positive incentives is a central feature of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). In the present study, we compared neural correlates of monetary incentive processing in unmedicated depressed participants and never-depressed control subjects. METHODS Fourteen currently depressed and 12 never-depressed participants underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging...

Performance-based incentives may improve the validity of results from implicit attitude assessment tasks and attrition rates. Participants working to obtain incentive be less likely edit their responses conform social expectations more meet experimental inclusion criteria. We examined influences a monetary ($20 voucher) for fast accurate performance on an Implicit Relational Assessment Procedur...

Despite the growing popularity of digital payment transactions in United States, most survey participation incentives are still paid through cash or check and then distributed to respondents potential sample members via direct mail. Though researchers have explored alternative incentives, such as e-gift cards, for online samples, there has been no study electronic incentives—specifically mobile...

This article reviews recent evidence on the effectiveness of using small monetary and non-monetary incentives to encourage children choose healthier foods. We discuss rationale for such from perspective behavioral economics, controversial aspects interventions. In reviewing evidence, we compare key parameters schemes, as their nature (monetary or not), frequency at which they are given how long...

PROBLEM Early detection of syphilis-infected people followed by effective treatment is essential for syphilis prevention and control. APPROACH Starting in 2010 the local health authority in Yunnan province, China, developed a network of 670 service sites for syphilis testing, diagnosis and treatment or for testing-only with referral for further diagnosis and treatment. Point-of-care tests for...

Participation of people is the most important factor in providing high quality of service in participatory sensing applications. In this paper we study monetary incentives in order to stimulate user’s participation, especially in applications that rely on real-time data. Providing such incentives is hard because the service provider cannot determine the price at which each user would be willing...