Behavioral Insights from Field Experiments in Environmental Economics

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2017-05-04 DOI:10.1561/101.00000084

Daniel A. Brent, L. Friesen, Lata Gangadharan, A. Leibbrandt

引用次数: 25

Abstract

Many environmental decisions are based on intrinsic motivations in addition to traditional economic incentives. Field experiments allow researchers to isolate a specific causal mechanism which can help advance our understanding of consumer and firm behavior in environmental markets. This article summarizes the literature on the use of field experiments in environmental economics, focusing on framed and artefactual field experiments as well as natural experiments targeting municipal energy and water demand. We set out a theoretical framework to improve the interpretation of results from field experiments in environmental economics. In addition to providing an overview of experimental methods and findings we also lay out a set of challenges for researchers interested in running a field experiment in environmental economics.

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环境经济学中实地实验的行为洞察

除了传统的经济激励外，许多环境决策还基于内在动机。实地实验使研究人员能够分离出特定的因果机制，这有助于提高我们对环境市场中消费者和企业行为的理解。本文总结了在环境经济学中使用现场实验的文献，重点介绍了框架和人工现场实验以及针对城市能源和水需求的自然实验。我们建立了一个理论框架，以改进对环境经济学现场实验结果的解释。除了提供实验方法和发现的概述外，我们还为有兴趣在环境经济学中进行实地实验的研究人员提出了一系列挑战。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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