We employ a unique field experimental setting to study the spillover effects of social comparisons on energy and water use in the residential sector. We find that electricity use-targeted social comparison induces conservation beyond electricity, leading to substantial reductions in energy use...

This paper extends the literature on energy-related financial literacy by examining its role in collective energy retrofit investment decisions in post-Soviet countries, which suffer from suboptimal levels of these investments purportedly due to a lack of energy-specific knowledge and financial...

Numerous field experiments have proven that various monetary and informational incentives encourage demand response by increasing awareness about peak electricity prices and potentially inefficient energy use. However, very little is known about the effects of such interventions on overall...

This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of environmental expenditure and investment. Also, by employing the Heckman selection models, we study how environmental expenditure and investment by Swedish industrial firms responded to the national and international policies directed to...

This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of environmental expenditure and investment. Also, by employing the Heckman selection models, we study how environmental expenditure and investment by Swedish industrial firms responded to the national and international policies directed to...

This paper presents an approach for studying the socio-economic benefits and costs (CBA) of the introduction of intensified management measures in forestry. Besides from valuation of changes in timber production, assessments of different types of externalities are included in the assessment. The...