Pigovian regulation provides monetary penalties/rewards to incentivize prosocial behavior, and may thereby trigger behavioral effects beyond a more standard response associated with a change in relative prices. This paper quantifies the magnitude of these behavioral effects using data from an...

We report evidence from a field experiment ($N=561$) on how different reasons for reducing the consumption of red meat (health, climate and animal welfare) impact intentions to change behavior, actual consumption of red meat and the enjoyment of meals. Surprisingly, the three concepts are not...

The article analyses economic barriers leading to the energy efficiency gap in the market for energy-using products by observing several million transactions in the UK over two years. The empirical exercise estimates AIDS models for refrigerators, washing machines, TVs, and light bulbs. Results...