Our Behavioural Economics team helps policy makers within international institutions to understand consumer and firm behaviour using the latest insights from behavioural economics. We design and implement cutting-edge behavioural experiments and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to delivery robust, academically rigorous testing of policy options and derive recommendations for further action. We work across multiple pan-European policy areas such as consumer finance, energy, the online environment, product policy and product labelling, real estate, consumer protection and environmental policies. Our multi-national team includes multiple PhDs and professionals each with more than 10 years of experience of delivering behavioural and experimental economics studies for government and regulators. Our behavioural economics team works closely with our Public Policy team, click here to see more.
Have a problem or objective you think could be tackled using behavioural economics? Get in touch and discuss it with us.
Contact: Dr Charlotte Duke, +44 (0) 20 3701 7705, [email protected]
Our products and services
We apply behavioural economics to solve the most diverse challenges by using a wide toolkit of methods:
- Primary data collection using representative surveys and behavioural experiments
- Analysis of existing research and data
- Desk based review including literature reviews
- Stakeholder consultations
- Qualitative research including depth-interviews and focus groups
Understanding the effects of behavioural biases
We examine how behavioural biases impact on decision-making and market outcomes including potential consumer detriment
Competition analysis incorporating behavioural analysis
We analyse how behavioural biases affect competition in markets
Impacts of framing and pricing strategies on consumer behaviour
We assess the impacts of commercial practices on purchasing behaviour and consumer choice
Behavioural experiments and RCTs
We road test policy changes using innovative, cutting-edge behavioural experiments and randomised controlled trials and derive robust recommendations for policy makers
Consumer and firm willingness-to-pay
We use the latest techniques to estimate consumer and firm willingness to pay for goods and services
Analysis of behavioural biases of firms
We analyse how biased firm behaviours affect market outcomes and competition
