Covid-19 vaccine passport and international traveling: the combined effect of two nudges on Americans’ support for the pass

Sotis, Chiara ORCID: 0000-0001-9367-0932, Allena, Miriam, Reyes, Renny and Romano, Alessandro (2021) Covid-19 vaccine passport and international traveling: the combined effect of two nudges on Americans’ support for the pass. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (16). ISSN 1661-7827

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Abstract

Immunity passports have the potential to allow large-scale international traveling to resume. However, they can only become an effective tool if they are widely supported by the general public. We carry out a double blind randomized online experiment with a sample of N = 4000 Americans to study (i) whether two nudges can increase the level of support for a COVID pass for international traveling, (ii) the relationship between the effects of the nudges, and (iii) if these nudges have a negative spillover on the intention to get vaccinated. We find that both nudges increase the support for the COVID pass and that their impact is stronger when they are used together. Moreover, we find that the two nudges do not negatively affect intentions to get vaccinated. Our findings have important implications for policymakers and for the nascent literature on the interaction between multiple nudges.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
Additional Information:	© 2021, The Author(s)
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2021 17:03
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2024 07:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112760

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