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Fighting climate change: the role of norms, preferences, and moral values
Andre, Peter; Boneva, Teodora; Anand Chopra, Felix; … - 2021
fellow citizens. Providing respondents with correct information causally raises individual willingness to fight climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583671
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Adverse welfare shocks and pro-environmental behaviour : evidence from the global economic crisis
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2017
This paper examines the effects of the 2008–09 global economic crisis on people's pro-environmental behaviour and willingness to pay for climate change mitigation. We hypothesise that the crisis has affected pro-environmental behaviours through tightening of budget constraints and relaxation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760108
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Can reminders promote regular pro-environmental behavior? : experimental evidence from Peru
Fuhrmann, Hanna; D'Exelle, Ben; López Vargas, Kristian; … - 2024
Tackling environmental pollution requires a permanent change in regular, repeated behavior of households. Bringing about change in such behavior may require interventions that are not limited to a single point in time, yet little evidence exists on how frequently we need to target households to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014535248
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The effect of power outages and cheap talk on willingness to pay to reduce outages
Carlsson, Frederik; Martinsson, Peter; Akay, Alpaslan - 2009
Using an open-ended contingent valuation survey, we analyze how (i) experience of a power outage due to one of the … worst storms ever to hit Sweden and (ii) a cheap talk script affect respondents' WTP to avoid power outages. Experience … valuation studies shortly after the occurrence of an undesirable event. -- Contingent valuation ; cheap talk ; experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879341
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Does LEED certification save energy? : evidence from federal buildings
Clay, Karen; Severnini, Edson R.; Sun, Xiaochen - 2021
In the absence of first-best climate policy, energy efficiency has figured prominently among strategies to reduce carbon emissions. One of the most sought-after green certification in the building sector is the internationally recognized Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED). This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491664
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Facilitating healthy dietary habits : an experiment with a low income population
Belot, Michèle; James, Jonathan G.; Spiteri, Jonathan - 2019
We investigate whether short-term everyday stressors leads to unhealthier dietary choices among low socioeconomic status mothers. We propose a novel stress protocol that aims to mimic everyday stressors experienced by this population, involving time and financial pressure. We evaluate the impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121803
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Price and saliency in health care: when can targeted nudges change behaviors?
Walker, Brigham - 2020
This paper takes advantage of a natural experiment to examine the relationship between the price and saliency of health services. A large employer e-mailed individually-targeted health education encouraging high-value care to high-risk employees. Weeks before the program launched, a company...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314696
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Chain restaurant calorie posting laws, obesity, and consumer welfare
Courtemanche, Charles; Frisvold, David E.; … - 2020
is consistent with an economic model in which calorie labels influence consumers both by providing information and by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194955
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The causal effect of education on climate literacy and pro-environmental behaviours : evidence from a nationwide natural experiment
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2020
There is a widespread belief that a lack of education is the primary cause of public apathy to climate change. Yet, despite the global campaign to promote education as a tool to combat global warming, empirical evidence on the causal effect of education on climate literacy and pro-environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210723
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Does emigration affect pro-environmental behaviour back home? : a long-term, local-level perspective
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2020
This study provides novel evidence on the effects of emigration on pro-environmental behaviour back home. Focusing on the seven successor states of former Yugoslavia, I explore the relationship between people's present-day pro-environmental action and the local-level intensity of a major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012178024