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Behavioral Interventions for Compliance Assistance: Design Report

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  • Jonah Deutsch
  • Naihobe Gonzalez
  • Nan Maxwell

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This report provides intervention and evaluation designs for two behavioral intervention (BI) trials that, if implemented, would test whether webinar registrations increase when behavioral strategies are applied to emails targeting a given industry.

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  • Jonah Deutsch & Naihobe Gonzalez & Nan Maxwell, "undated". "Behavioral Interventions for Compliance Assistance: Design Report," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 06a692b5221d43d3acd9baee9, Mathematica Policy Research.
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