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cord-273785-mxehiuq1	Soofi, Moslem	Using Insights from Behavioral Economics to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19	2020-05-21		.txt	text/plain	3381	159	43	Public health policy needs improved methods to encourage people to adhere to COVID-19-preventive behaviors. While multiple biases are identified in the field of behavioral economics, in this paper we focus on six that tend to be particularly relevant to COVID-19-related behaviors: present bias, status quo bias, framing effect, optimism bias, affect heuristic, and herding behavior. It seems that health messages intended to encourage people to engage in COVID-19-preventive behaviors (e.g., social distancing) should be framed in terms of gains, such as "If you wash your hands properly/ follow social distancing policy/adhere to the stay-at-home policy, you will increase the chances of yourself and your family having a long, healthy life." This paper can improve our understanding of the decision-making biases that can be applied as entry points in public health policies and interventions for the prevention of COVID-19.	./cache/cord-273785-mxehiuq1.txt	./txt/cord-273785-mxehiuq1.txt