How Do Nudges Influence Consumer Decisions? - A Literature Review

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School of Business | Bachelor's thesis

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2019

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Markkinointi

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en

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33

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Nudge is a recent research phenomena that explores the idea of implementing low-cost and easy opt-out measures to subtly influence decision making. While it is met with a lot of emerging literature advocating for its effectiveness, only a small proportion of literature has raised doubts over its applications, heavy dependence on context, overall ethical concerns, and its complex connection to negative emotions. This research acts as a broad literature review on nudging in consumer behavior. This study also seeks to summarize the findings of the most recent marketing research on Nudge to provide a more comprehensive overview of effects and the applications of Nudge as a marketing tool. The results of the study suggest why Nudge can be effective and how it can influence consumer decision-making, while also highlighting the research gap in the overall concerns as well as connection between Nudge and negative sentiments.

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Lavrusheva, Olga

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nudge theory, libertarian paternalism, choice architecture, decision making, consumer behaviour

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