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Present Bias for Monetary and Dietary Rewards : Evidence from Chinese Teenagers
Cheung, Stephen L. - 2020
Economists model self-control problems through time-inconsistent preferences. Empirical tests of these preferences largely rely on experimental elicitation methods using monetary rewards, with several recent studies failing to find present bias for money. In this paper, we compare estimates of...
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Present bias for monetary and dietary rewards: evidence from Chinese teenagers
Cheung, Stephen L.; Tymula, Agnieszka; Wang, Xueting - 2020
Economists model self-control problems through time-inconsistent preferences. Empirical tests of these preferences largely rely on experimental elicitation methods using monetary rewards, with several recent studies failing to find present bias for money. In this paper, we compare estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242348
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Can Stated Preference Methods Accurately Predict Responses to Environmental Policies? The Case of a Plastic Bag Regulation in China
He, Haoran - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
This study investigates the validity of using stated preference (SP) estimates to predict policy effects on plastic bag consumption. Before implementation of a plastic bag regulation, when bags were still free of charge, we utilized an SP survey to elicit consumers’ contingent bag consumption...
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The Relations Among Environmental Disclosure, Environmental Performance and Financial Performance : An Empirical Study in China
Lu, Jun - 2011
Both of previous theoretical interpretations and empirical evidences provide mixed conclusions on the relations among corporate environmental disclosure, environmental performance and financial performance. In this article, I visit these relations under Chinese setting with environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132446
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Public Receptivity in China Towards Wind Energy Generators : A Survey Experimental Approach
Shen, Shiran Victoria - 2020
China leads the world's wind energy market, but little has been written about public receptivity towards wind energy generators in China. To fill this gap, we pursue a survey experimental approach to examine explanations for receptivity based on evidence from OECD countries as well as the...
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An In-Depth Analysis of the Evolution of the Policy Mix for the Sustainable Energy Transition in China from 1981 to 2020
Li, Lili; Taeihagh, Araz - 2020
Global warming and the acute domestic air pollution in China have necessitated transition to a sustainable energy system away from coal-dominated energy production. Through a systematic review of the national policy documents, this study investigates the policy mix adopted by the Chinese...
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CCS Retrofit: Analysis of the Globally Installed Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet
Finkenrath, Matthias; Smith, Julian; Volk, Dennis - Agence Internationale de l'Énergie - 2012
long lifetime, and in order to meet climate constraints, there is a need either to apply CCS retrofit to some of today …-effective and realistic potential for CCS retrofit. The paper then discusses today's coal-fired power plant fleet from a statistical … the development of the CCS technology and to identify key countries where retrofit applications will have the biggest …
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Getting ready for carbon capture and storage through a ‘CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Ready Hub’: A case study of Shenzhen city in Guangdong province, China
Li, Jia; Liang, Xi; Cockerill, Tim - In: Energy 36 (2011) 10, pp. 5916-5924
China has been building approximately 1 GW of new coal-fired power plant per week since 2005. Power plants now in construction may continue to operate until 2040. “CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Ready” enables and eases the subsequent retrofitting of a plant to be able to capture carbon...
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Risk preferences and pesticide use by cotton farmers in China
Liu, Elaine M. - In: Journal of development economics 103 (2013), pp. 202-215
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A field study of Chinese migrant workers' attitudes toward risks, strategic uncertainty, and competitiveness
Hao, Li; Houser, Daniel; Mao, Lei; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014
Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk, ambiguity, and competitiveness. Our subjects include migrants and non-migrants. We find that, migrants exhibit no differences from non-migrants in risk and ambiguity preferences...
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