Heather Royer
Heather Royer is a researcher and first author of the 2015 American Economic Journal: Applied Economics paper on incentives, commitments and gym visits in a workplace field experiment.
Who they are
The work of Heather Royer reaches this site through the paper listed below. The name is tied to Precommitment. Their paper reports: Royer, Stehr and Sydnor, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7(3), 2015, 51-84.
Key papers
Royer, H., Stehr, M., & Sydnor, J. (2015). Incentives, commitments, and habit formation in exercise: Evidence from a field experiment with workers at a Fortune-500 company. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(3), 51-84. What it reports: Royer, Stehr and Sydnor, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7(3), 2015, 51-84. Field experiment with workers at a large company: a financial incentive for gym visits worked strongly while it lasted; participants offered a self-funded commitment contract at the end of the programme showed demand for it and lasting changes in behaviour after the incentive ended.
Key ideas
Sources
- Royer, H., Stehr, M., & Sydnor, J. (2015). Incentives, commitments, and habit formation in exercise: Evidence from a field experiment with workers at a Fortune-500 company. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(3), 51-84.