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The behavioral effect of Pigovian regulation : evidence from a field experiment
Lanz, Bruno; Wurlod, Jules-Daniel; Panzone, Luca; … - 2017 - This version: January 2017
consumer behavior. First, we show that information about external effects (products’ embodied carbon emissions) triggers …
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Unveiling shades of green food beyond labels : evidence from an online experiment to climate adaptation
Castaldo, Cecilia; Giaccherini, Matilde; Pallante, Giacomo - 2024
We investigate the role of information strategy in shifting the purchasing preferences of “green” organic consumers … sustainability in their organic food purchases and rely on scientific information in their daily lives. Overall effects persist for …
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Switching from Fossil Fuel to Renewables in Residential Heating Systems : An Empirical Study of Homeowners’ Decisions in Germany
Michelsen, Carl Christian; Madlener, Reinhard - 2015
This paper investigates key drivers and barriers behind homeowners’ decisions to switch from a fossil fuel (i.e. oil or gas boiler) to a renewable residential heating system (RHS). For this purpose, we draw on data from a 2010 questionnaire survey among owners of existing 1-family or 2-family...
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Consumer preferences for fair labour certification
Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Vassilopoulos, Achilleas; Lusk, … - In: European review of agricultural economics : ERAE 44 (2017) 3, pp. 455-474
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Chapter 17 Contingent Valuation
Carson, Richard T.; Hanemann, W. Michael - In: Handbook of environmental economics : volume 2, Valuing …, (pp. 821-936). 2005
behavior related to some aspect of the amenity or using stated information concerning preferences for the good. In the … estimated obtained from preference information given the respondent is said to be contingent on the details of the constructed … valuation to information on preferences that can be obtained by observing revealed behavior and how the two sources of …
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Consumer acceptance and willingness to pay for direct and indirect entomophagy
Giotis, Thomas; Drichoutis, Andreas C. - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 2, pp. 1-18
Over the last few years, the interest on alternative protein sources, such as edible insects, has been growing rapidly. However, Western consumers’ acceptance of insects as a food source is very low, mainly due to unfamiliarity with insect-based food. We investigate consumers’ attitude and...
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The economics of warm glow : a note on consumer's behavior and public policy implications
Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Onofri, Laura - 2004
The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...
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Customer Choice Models versus Machine Learning : Finding Optimal Product Displays on Alibaba
Feldman, Jacob - 2019
We compare the performance of two approaches for finding the optimal set of products to display to customers landing on Alibaba's two online marketplaces, Tmall and Taobao. Both approaches were placed online simultaneously and tested on real customers for one week. The first approach we test is...
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Moral Suasion and Economic Incentives : Field Experimental Evidence from Energy Demand
Ito, Koichiro - 2018
Firms and governments often use moral suasion and economic incentives to influence intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for economic activities. To investigate persistence of such interventions, we randomly assign households to moral suasion and dynamic pricing that stimulate energy conservation...
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Increasing the Energy Cognizance of Electricity Consumers in Mexico : Results From a Field Experiment
Stojanovski, Ognen - 2020
We report on the results of a field experiment in Puebla, Mexico that informed randomly-selected households facing a nonlinear price schedule about how different electricity-consuming actions might change their electricity bills. Households that received this 20-minute, in-person intervention...
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