Sökning: "Behavioral Change"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 148 avhandlingar innehållade orden Behavioral Change.

1. 11. Behavior change intervention and fear of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes

   Författare :Therese Anderbro; Unn-Britt Johansson; Jan Lisspers; Erik Moberg; Linda Gonder-Frederick; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Type 1 diabetes; Fear of hypoglycemia; Psychometrics; Behavior modification; Cognitive behavior therapy; Behavioral medicine; Glycemic control; type 1 diabetes;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Individuals with type 1 diabetes require lifelong insulin supply as well as behavioral adjustments for good treatment result. Only a minority reach the goal for glycemic control set in order to reduce the risk of severe long-term complications. LÄS MER

3. 12. Essays on behavioral economics: Nudges, food consumption and procedural fairness

   Författare :Verena Kurz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Nudging; Field experiment; Meat consumption; Climate change mitigation; Decision heuristics; Food choice; Procedural fairness; Experiment; Coordination; Correlated equilibrium; Recommendations; Volunteer s dilemma;

   Sammanfattning : Decreasing meat consumption holds significant potential for the reduction of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and the mitigation of climate change. Fostering behavioral change to reduce climate emissions related to food consumption is challenging and requires new strategies based on an understanding of human decision-making. LÄS MER

4. 13. Essays on Environmental and Behavioral Economics

   Författare :Tewodros Tesemma; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Policy; Fuel-efficient Vehicles; Power Outages; Intergenerational Transmission; Positional Concerns; Institutional Trust; Trust Game;

   Sammanfattning : As developing countries strive to attain rapid economic growth and thereby reduce poverty, the ensuing climate change crisis is making it necessary for these countries to achieve the targeted economic growth through low-carbon footprint. This thesis investigates the roles of economic agents and their interactions in tackling the twin challenges of poverty reduction and climate change. LÄS MER

5. 14. Taxes, Nudges, and Conformity : Essays in Labor and Behavioral Economics

   Författare :Egebark Johan; Peter Fredriksson; Roope Uusitalo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth unemployment; Payroll tax; Self-employment tax; Tax subsidy; Labor costs; Resource conservation; Default option; Moral appeal; Social interactions; Contagion; Natural Field Experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers summarized as follows.Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment? We study whether payroll tax reductions are an effective means to raise youth employment. In 2007, the Swedish employer-paid payroll tax was cut on a large scale for young workers, substantially reducing labor costs for this group. LÄS MER

7. 15. The Novelty in the Uncanny : Designing Interactions to Change First Impressions

   Författare :Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann; Ginevra Castellano; Christopher Peters; Ingela Nyström; Gabriel Skantze; Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human-Robot Interaction; Uncanny Valley; Social Robotics; Human Perception of Robots; Multimodal Behavior; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion;

   Sammanfattning : In 1970, Japanese researcher Masahiro Mori published a seminal paper where he hypothesized that robots that appear human-like but are still distinguishable from being human would not attract people towards them, but instead cause an uncanny sensation. This phenomenon, known as the uncanny valley effect, has been widely studied within the social robotics community, and a multitude of experiments have since been conducted supporting Mori's hypothesis. LÄS MER