Titre :

Optimal combination of requirement and reward in financial incentive programs for weight loss

Auteur(s) :

Arrighi, Yves [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Université de Lille
Boukari, Fahariat [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Université de Lille
Crainich, David [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
IÉSEG School Of Management [Puteaux]
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]

Titre de la revue :

Theory and Decision

Pagination :

685 - 706

Éditeur :

Springer Verlag

Date de publication :

2024-04-17

ISSN :

0040-5833

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Financial incentives Weight loss Preferences towards risk Preferences towards correlation
Financial incentives
Weight loss
Preferences towards risk
Preferences towards correlation
JEL: I12
D90 financial incentives
weight loss
preferences towards risk
preferences towards correlation

Résumé en anglais : [en]

The paper analyzes how programs offering financial rewards for losing weight should be adapted to individuals' preferences. Specifically, we highlight the conditions under which demanding and highly remunerative programs ...
Lire la suite >The paper analyzes how programs offering financial rewards for losing weight should be adapted to individuals' preferences. Specifically, we highlight the conditions under which demanding and highly remunerative programs or - conversely - easily achievable but less remunerative programs should be proposed. We show that financial incentives are more likely to encourage efforts to lose weight if the level of difficulty of the objective and the reward in case of success increase with: 1) the degree of risk seeking; 2) the degree of cross-prudence in quality of life. This suggests that individuals should be offered a weight loss program tailored to their preferences towards risk and correlation.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL

Date de dépôt :

2025-02-05T03:01:35Z