No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers3 Aug 2021Behavioral Insights in Infrastructure Sectors: A SurveyAuthors/Editors: George Joseph, Sophie Ayling, Pepita Miquel-Florensa, Hernán D. Bejarano, Alejandra Quevedo CardonaGeorge Joseph, Sophie Ayling, Pepita Miquel-Florensa, Hernán D. Bejarano, Alejandra Quevedo Cardonahttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9704SectionsAboutPDF (0.9 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: In 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. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetails View Published: June 2021 Copyright & Permissions KeywordsBEHAVIORAL ECONOMICSPUBLICLY-PROVIDED GOODSWATERINFRASTRUCTUREDEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND POLICY PDF DownloadLoading ...