1. What behavioral principles should be used to design a pension scheme?

哪些行为原则能用于设计养老金计划？

 

2. What type of policies mitigate the bad consequences of unemployment?

哪些政策能减缓失业的负面影响？

 

3. Design an insurance policy that is going to attract consumers by exploiting psychological biases.

设计一个能利用心理偏见来吸引消费者的保险政策。

 

4. Humans are prone to errors when making decisions under uncertainty. How can modern technology reduce these errors?

在不确定情况下，人们常常决策失误。现代科技能减少失误吗？

 

5. Pollution is a problem affecting most large metropolitan areas. How may insights from psychology inform urban policy to decrease pollution?

环境污染问题影响了大部分城市。心理学上的发现如何影响城市规划政策，以减少污染？

 

6. Top students from disadvantaged backgrounds often do not apply to the best universities. What are the potential reasons and what kind of actions can be taken to change this?

来自弱势背景的顶尖学生往往申请不到最好的学校，其可能原因是什么？如何改变这种现象？

 

7. Doctors routinely make recommendations that may have life/death implications for their patients. How can biases in decision-making affect their advice?

医生定期给病人们提出生死攸关的建议。决策中的偏见将如何影响他们的建议?

 

8. How can we increase the rate at which individuals recycle?

我们如何提高个人循环利用资源的比例？

 

9. Describe how psychological biases may affect judicial decisions and propose policy changes to minimize their negative impact.

描述心理偏见如何影响司法判决，并提出政策改变以减少其负面影响。

 

10. Delays in paying income tax lead to significant financial losses from governments. What design changes could be made to tax collection policy to minimize these delays?

延迟缴纳所得税会导致政府大量的财政损失。为减少这些延误，可以对税收征收政策进行哪些设计变更?

 

11. Buying a house is an infrequent transaction with large financial consequences. In what ways can a prospective house buyer or seller avoid mistakes due to psychological biases?

买房子是一种不频繁的交易，会带来巨大的经济影响。潜在的购房者或卖家在哪些方面可以避免因心理偏差而犯的错误?

 

12. A new type of fertilizer has been invented that increases crop yields by 300%. Nevertheless, farmers are not adopting it. What could be the reasons and what policies can be implemented to increase takeup?

有一种新化肥能使农作物增产三倍，但农民拒绝使用。这有哪些可能原因？有什么政策可以使新化肥得到普及？

 

13. A major supermarket chain has hired you as a consultant to apply behavioral principles to improve their sales. Write a report with your recommendations.

一家大型连锁超市聘请你作为顾问，运用行为原则来改善他们的销售。用你的建议写一份报告。

 

14. You are a financial advisor for a wealthy individual. Come up with an investment strategy that avoids pitfalls from biases in decision making.

设想你是一个富人的财务顾问。制定一个投资策略，避免在决策过程中出现失误。

 

15. Develop an idea for a phone app that uses insights from behavioral economics to improve an individual's health.

设计开发一个手机应用程序，利用行为经济学的观点来改善个人健康。