We analyze the effect of CEO education on environmental decision-making. Using a unique sample of Danish firms from 1996 to 2012, we find that CEO education significantly improves firms' energy efficiency. We seek to derive causality using health shocks: the hospitalization of highly educated...

We conduct an experiment to investigate how the gender composition of an audience interacts with the gender of a player thereby shaping her/his degree of responsibility in decision-making. Together with the measures of accountability based on decision theory, we employ two physiological...

We conduct an experiment to investigate how the gender composition of an audience interacts with the gender of a player thereby shaping her/his degree of responsibility in decision-making. Together with measures of accountability based on decision theory, we employ two physiological measures,...

Decision makers frequently have a spokesperson communicate their decisions. In this paper we address two questions. First, does it matter who communicates an unfair decision? Second, does it matter how the unfair decision is communicated? We conduct a modified dictator game experiment in which...

Resource depletion and income inequality are major challenges for sustainable growth. We propose a study of the impact of a “green coin” on sustainable consumption and income inequality. “Green coin” is a currency based on the natural resources one can consume. Individuals are entitled...