Using enrollment in a California blackout prevention program as an experimental test bed, a team of researchers showed that while financial incentives boosted participation only slightly, making participation in the program observable –- through the use of sign-up sheets posted in apartment buildings -– produced a three-fold increase in sign-ups.

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