iScience (Mar 2022)

Framing to reduce present bias in infrastructure design intentions

  • Patrick I. Hancock,
  • Leidy Klotz,
  • Tripp Shealy,
  • Eric J. Johnson,
  • Elke U. Weber,
  • Katelyn Stenger,
  • Richa Vuppuluri

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 3
p. 103954

Abstract

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Summary: Infrastructure professionals (N = 261) were randomly assigned to either a future or present-framed project description and asked to recommend design attributes for an infrastructure project. The future-framed condition led professionals to propose a significantly longer infrastructure design life, useful life to the community, and acceptable return on financial investment. The findings suggest a straightforward and inexpensive way to lessen present bias in various design contexts

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