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Behavioral Insights in Infrastructure Sectors: A Survey

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dc.contributor.authorAyling, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, George
dc.contributor.authorMiquel-Florensa, Pepita
dc.contributor.authorBejarano, Hernán D.
dc.contributor.authorCardona, Alejandra Quevedo
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T14:48:20Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T14:48:20Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractIn the past two decades, insights from behavioral sciences, particularly behavioral economics, have been widely applied in the design of social programs such as pensions, social security, and taxation. This paper provides a survey of the existing literature in economics on the application of behavioral insights to infrastructure sectors, focusing on water and energy. Various applications of behavioral insights in the literature are examined from the perspectives of the three main actors in the infrastructure sectors: policy makers, service providers, and consumers. Evidence is presented from the literature on how behavioral regularities, such as imperfect optimization, limited self-control, and nonstandard preferences, affect the strategies, decisions, and actions of policy makers, service providers, and consumers, often leading to suboptimal outcomes for service investment, delivery, access, and use. The paper also highlights how behavioral interventions such as anchoring, framing, nonpecuniary incentives, and altering the choice architecture can lead to improvements in performance, adoption, consumption, and other outcomes of interest in the infrastructure sectors.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/796221624298910294/Behavioral-Insights-in-Infrastructure-Sectors-A-Survey
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9704
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35824
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9704
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectPUBLICLY-PROVIDED GOODS
dc.subjectWATER
dc.subjectENERGY
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND POLICY
dc.titleBehavioral Insights in Infrastructure Sectorsen
dc.title.subtitleA Surveyen
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okr.crossref.titleBehavioral Insights in Infrastructure Sectors: A Survey
okr.date.disclosure2021-06-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:18:47.574158Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/796221624298910294/Behavioral-Insights-in-Infrastructure-Sectors-A-Survey
okr.guid796221624298910294
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9704
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0887240d9_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33196045
okr.identifier.reportWPS9704
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/796221624298910294/pdf/Behavioral-Insights-in-Infrastructure-Sectors-A-Survey.pdfen
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Economic Development
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Economics
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Economics
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Economics
okr.unitWater Global Practice
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