APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Finding Effective Communication Formats to Correct the Exponential Growth Bias and Increase Support for Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions That Fight COVID
- Ouroz Khan
IIT Delhi - Sumitava Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi - David Levine
Berkeley, Haas
Abstract
The study assesses the impact of communicating exponential growth on adopting non-pharmaceuticals interventions (NPI). We asked people (N=300) to partake in an estimation task followed by a set of questions on NPI. Our result showed that people are more likely to follow NPI's when they understand the exponential growth better.
Communication