This paper studies the dynamic effect of observability on prosocial behavior. We hypothesize a twofold positive effect. First, people should act more prosocially when being observed. Second, this increased level of prosociality should motivate an ongoing elevated altruistic attitude, in...

Indirect rebound effects on the consumer level occur when potential greenhouse gas emission savings from the usage of more efficient technologies or more sufficient consumption in one consumption area are partially or fully offset through the consumers’ adverse behavioral responses in other...

We use a combination of two natural experiments and one field experiment tomeasure people’s prosocial behavior in terms of voluntary money and labor time contributions to an archetypicalpublic good – a bridge – in rural Vietnam, at three different points in time from 2005 to 2010. Since...