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Waste Prevention and Social Preferences : The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations
Cecere, Grazia; Mancinelli, Susanna; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - 2013
Though reduction is at the top of the waste management hierarchy, EU policies have historically introduced waste management incentives mainly concerning waste recovery and recycling, in addition to actions aimed at reducing disposal in landfills. Only very recently have EU policies started...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014157369
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Waste prevention and social preferences : the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations
Cecere, Grazia; Mancinelli, Susanna; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - 2013
Though reduction is at the top of the waste management hierarchy, EU policies have historically introduced waste management incentives mainly concerning waste recovery and recycling, in addition to actions aimed at reducing disposal in landfills. Only very recently have EU policies started...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756301
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Incentive Magnitude, Reference Point Shifting and Intrinsic Motivation : A Laboratory Experiment
Giusti, Giovanni - 2018
Despite the fact that much research has been devoted to understanding the effect of performance-contingent monetary incentives on individuals' effort provision, little attention has been dedicated toward understanding whether a sequence of changes in the amount of piece rate an individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913002
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A note on motivated cognition and discriminatory beliefs
Stötzer, Lasse Simon; Zimmermann, Florian - 2022
In this note, we provide evidence that motivated reasoning can be a source of discriminatory beliefs. We employ a representative survey experiment where we exogenously manipulate the presence of a need for justification of anti-social behavior towards an out-group. We provide causal evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013417637
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Rejecting Non-Paternalist Motivation : An Experimental Test
Schøyen, Øivind; Chen, Xianwen - 2021
Is people’s willingness to implement their fairness views on a group dependent on how many in the group share their view? We designed a new experiment to answer this question. Spectator participants were asked how many other participants they believe share their view of whether it is fair to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013251446
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Motivated memory in economics : a review
Amelio, Andrea; Zimmermann, Florian - 2022
In this article, we review the economics literature on the motivated recall of information. Summarizing both theoretical and empirical work, we highlight key results this literature has produced. We also discuss methodological issues when studying motivated memory. We conclude by highlighting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468501
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A note on motivated cognition and discriminatory beliefs
Stötzer, Lasse Simon; Zimmermann, Florian - 2022
In this note, we provide evidence that motivated reasoning can be a source of discriminatory beliefs. We employ a representative survey experiment where we exogenously manipulate the presence of a need for justification of anti-social behavior towards an out-group. We provide causal evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013399574
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Motivational Goal Bracketing : An Experiment
Koch, Alexander K. - 2017
We study in an online, real-effort experiment how the bracketing of non-binding goals affects performance in a work-leisure self-control problem. We externally induce the goal bracket – daily goals or a weekly goal – and within that bracket let subjects set goals for how much they want to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948623
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Centralized versus Decentralized Cleanup of River Water Pollution : An Application to the Ganges
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid - 2023
We exploit the public good attributes of Ganges water pollution cleanup and theoretically analyze an aggregate economy … pollution cleanup in these two cities ought to be provided in a centralized or in a decentralized manner. We first determine the … compute the optimal amount of water pollution cleanup in the two cities in a decentralized regime in which spending on cleanup …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343694
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Prometheus Framework for Public Policy Decisions on Environmental Health Risks
Stavroglou, Stavros K.; Pantelous, Athanasios A.; … - 2023
and health risks associated with air pollution and climate change. The framework integrates causality analyses with data …-driven analytics into policy making processes. A case demonstration with air pollution of Beijing, China, illustrates the features of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345380