Publications in: International institutions
Barriers to Cross-border Health Care: Can Behavioural Insights Help?
| Published: | September, 2013 |
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Presentation at European Commission conference on Applying Behavioural Insights to Policy-Making 30th September 2013.
Partitioned Pricing Research: A Behavioural Experiment
| Published: | August, 2013 |
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London Economics was commissioned by the Office of Fair Trading to undertake a behavioural economics study into how partitioned pricing, which is the practice of splitting the price of a good or service into multiple components, affects consumer decision making. The study builds upon earlier research by London Economics for the OFT on the impact […]
Using Behavioural and Experimental Economics to Understand Consumer Behaviour
| Published: | August, 2013 |
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Presentation at Copenhagen Summer University, Executive Course in Behavioural Economics and Psychology of Choice 12th – 16th August 2013 This session at the University of Copenhagen provided applied examples of behavioural experiments that have been used to inform policy development. It covers pricing practices, consumer switching and consumer understanding of contracts. The session also explored […]
Research on EU Product Labelling
| Published: | December, 2012 |
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This study by London Economics, Ipsos MORI and AEA investigated the possibility of creating a product label which provides consumers with information about the environmental lifecycle performance of products (televisions, washing machines and light bulbs). The information may be added to the current EU Energy Efficiency label. Pan-European behavioural experiments were used in conjunction with […]
Behavioural Biases and Consumer Detriment
| Published: | May, 2012 |
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International Conference on Financial Services, Hamburg, 10th May 2012
The Impact of Competition Interventions on Compliance and Deterrence – A Controlled Economic Experiment
| Published: | April, 2012 |
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A study by London Economics for the UK Office of Fair Trading Presentation at the University of Amsterdam, Centre for Law and Economics, Behavioural Competition and Regulation, April 19, 2012.
Consumer Information on Broadband Speed and Net Neutrality Experiment
| Published: | November, 2011 |
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Ofcom has published the report by London Economics “Consumer information on Broadband Net Neutrality”. This study uses an economic experiment and behavioural economics to test the impact on consumers’ internet package choice of how information about packages is presented. Participants in the experiment were faced with different information frames, including the use of colour coding […]
Consumer Behavioural Biases in Competition
| Published: | May, 2011 |
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Office of Fair Trading, May 4, 2011.
Consumer Behavioural Biases in Competition
| Published: | May, 2011 |
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Consumer behavioural biases imply that consumers may not behave in the fully rational way that many economic models assume. This study assesses what impact behavioural biases can have on competition, including, how competition and pricing practices may change when consumers are biased; if lowering barriers to entry can reduce inefficiencies that arise from consumer behavioural […]
Consumer Contracts
| Published: | February, 2011 |
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The OFT has published the market study on problems consumers have with contracts. To inform the market study London Economics in association with YouGov completed a behavioural survey of consumers combined with an economic experiment to investigate the features of contracts that cause most problems for consumers.