Information Nudges and Self-Control

The authors thank Sandro Ambuehl, Kai Barron, Bruno Biais, Catherine Casamatta, Francesc Dilme, Laura Doval, Jannis Engel, Daniel Garrett, Bertrand Gobillard, Paul Heidhues, Alessandro Ispano, Yves Le Yaouanq, George Loewenstein, Stefano Lovo, Collin Raymond, Frank Rosar, Sebastian Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Roland Strausz, Jean Tirole, and Takuro Yamashita for valuable feedback. The authors also thank seminar audiences at École des Hautes Études Commerciales Paris, Toulouse School of Economics, Universität Bonn, and Universität Freiburg, as well as conference participants at the 2018 Durham University Business School Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design, the 2018 European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference, the 2018 European Economic Association Annual Congress, the 2018 HeiKaMax Spring Workshop, the 2018 Verein für Socialpolitik Annual Conference, the 2018 Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Workshop on Market Design, the 2019 Bavarian Micro Day at Universität Ulm, the 2019 Berlin Industrial Organization Day, the 2019 Nordic Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics at Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft, and the 2019 Paris Workshop on Signaling in Markets, Auctions and Games for many useful discussions. Anke Greif-Winzrieth, Michelle Hörrmann, Nicola Hüholt, and Christine Knopf provided excellent research assistance.