Regulators who aim to reduce administrative burdens often promote trust-based policy instruments, such as legal affidavits or honesty pledges, as substitutes to traditional bureaucratic procedures. However, little is known on how the general public view such instruments, and whether people would actually comply with them, and under what circumstances. Using a series of experimental vignettes, we examine public preferences toward these instruments under different conditions and contexts. We find that overall, people exhibit an aversion to using affidavits, even when they are inexpensive and can save a considerable amount of time compared to the traditional bureaucratic procedure. In contrast, honesty pledges are largely preferred over both the standard procedure and signing an affidavit. We discuss factors influencing the public choice of trust-based instruments and offer recommendations to help policymakers promote public compliance using behaviorally informed policy instruments.

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宣誓厌恶：公众对基于信任的政策工具的偏好

旨在减轻行政负担的监管机构通常会推广基于信任的政策工具，例如法律宣誓书或诚实承诺，作为传统官僚程序的替代品。然而，公众如何看待这些文书，以及人们是否会真正遵守这些文书以及在什么情况下遵守这些文书，人们知之甚少。通过一系列实验小插曲，我们研究了公众在不同条件和背景下对这些工具的偏好。我们发现，总体而言，人们对使用宣誓书表现出厌恶，即使宣誓书价格低廉并且与传统的官僚程序相比可以节省大量时间。相比之下，诚实承诺在很大程度上优于标准程序和签署宣誓书。我们讨论了影响公众选择基于信任的工具的因素，并提出建议，帮助政策制定者使用行为知情的政策工具促进公众遵守。