Publications
Soye Shin, Yan Xiaoxi, Bibhas Chakraborty, and Eric Finkelstein. 2025. "A Randomized Trial using an Online Grocery Store to Evaluate a Multicomponent Digital Intervention to Improve Diet Quality". American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 107622
Media coverage: [GovInsider] "Can Digital Nudges Power Singapore's Preventive Healthcare Push?" and
[Food Manufacturing], [Nutrition Insight], [ScienceDaily], [Health Medicine Network], [Evidence News Club Podcast], [Technology Networks], [Ruetir], [Retail Pharmacy Assistants], [Life Technology], [MedicalXpress], [Mirage.News]
Soye Shin, Mihir Gandhi, Jyotika Puri, Eric Finkelstein. 2024. "Influencing the Nutritional Quality of Grocery Purchases: A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Impact of a Social Norm-based Behavioral Intervention with and without a Loss-Framed Financial Incentive". Food Policy, Volume 125, 2024,102646
Media coverage [MSN]: "Study reveals peer influence can promote healthier shopping habits"
News World (The Netherlands)
RetailWorld Magazine, p.53 (Australia)
Soye Shin, Ada M. Alqunaibet, Reem F. Alsukait, Amaal Alruwaily, Rasha A. Alfawaz, Abdullah Algwizani, Christopher H. Herbst, Meera Shekar, and Eric A. Finkelstein. 2023. "A Randomized Controlled Study to Test Front-of-Pack (FOP) Nutrition Labels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". Nutrients, 15: 2904
Soye Shin, Jyotika Puri, and Eric Finkelstein. 2023. "A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Singapore's Forthcoming Nutri-Grade Front-of-Pack Beverage Label on Food and Beverage Purchases". International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20 (18)
Media coverage [The Straits Times]: "Nutri-Grade Labelling system steers consumers to opt for drinks with less sugar: Study"
[Channel 8]: "Choose Healthy Drinks like This!"
[Nikkei Asia]: Asia wields taxes and grades to fight 'war on sugar'
Soye Shin, Nicholas Magnan, Conner Mullally, and Sarah Janzen. 2022. "Demand for Weather Index Insurance among Smallholder Farmers under Prospect Theory". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol.202, pp. 82-104
Soye Shin, Bibhas Chakraborty, Xiaoxi Yan, Rob M. Van Dam, and Eric Finkelstein. 2022. "Evaluation of Combinations of Nudging, Pricing, and Labelling Strategies to Improve Diet Quality: A Virtual Grocery Store Experiment Employing a Multiphase Optimization Strategy." Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Vol.56(9), pp.933-945
Ellen McCullough, Chen Zhen, Soye Shin, Meichen Lu, and Joanne Arsenault. 2021. "The Role of Food Preferences in Determining Diet Quality for Tanzanian Consumers." Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 155, 102789
Anjum Joad, Arati Hota, Pratima Agarwal, Krimal Patel, Kinjal Patel, Jyotika Puri, and Soye Shin*. 2022. "I want to live, but... The Desire to Live and its Physical, Psychological, Spiritual, and Social Factors among Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence from the APPROACH study in India". BMC Palliative Care, 21(153)
*Senior and corresponding author
Sarah Janzen, Nicholas Magnan, Conner Mullally, Soye Shin, Bailey Palmer, Judith Odoul, and Karl Hughes. 2021. "Can Experiential Games and Improved Risk Coverage Raise Demand for Index Insurance? Evidence from Kenya." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 103 (1) pp. 338-361
Soye Shin, Rob M. Van Dam, and Eric A. Finkelstein. 2020. " The Effect of Dynamic Food Labels on Diet Quality: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial." Nutrients, 12(7):2158
Working Papers
"A Randomized Online Grocery Store Trial to Test a Salient Tiered Food and Beverage Tax in Saudi Arabia" Under Review
"Evaluating the Impact of Singapore's Nutri-Grade Beverage Labels on Prepackaged Beverage Purchases and Diet Quality: A Before and After Study" Under Review
Projects in Progress
A Randomized Trial and Impact Evaluation of Singapore's New Food Labels Aimed to Address the War on Diabetes
Disparities in Trends in Diet Quality Among Singaporean Adults: 2006 to 2016
Singapore Microsimulation Model to Assess Interventions to Improve Diet
Effects of Nutri-Grade on Freshly-Prepared Beverage Purchases
What Do We Know About Food Costs and Healthiness
Evaluating Promising Food Policy Interventions for the Kingdom of Bahrain