Economic incentives and political inequality in the management of environmental public goods

Submitted by Manuela Fonseca on
EfD Authors:
Mantilla, César

We study how the allocation of power in a voting procedure affects the regulation and extraction of environmental public goods. In an appropriation game experiment, different endowments induce heterogeneous preferences among the three group members regarding their preferred quota, aimed at increasing social efficiency by restricting aggregate extraction. The players vote by submitting a proposal; one among the submitted proposals is implemented, selected at random, but across treatments, we vary the odds that a type sets the regulation.

Peer Reviewed
Experiments

Cooperation and innovation under production risk: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment

Submitted by Manuela Fonseca on
EfD Authors:
Arango Aramburo, Santiago

PurposeThis study analyzes the role of cooperative behavior in facing the risk of encouraging innovative agricultural production projects by small-scale farmers in the context of farmers in developing countries.Design/methodology/approachA within-subjects field experiment was conducted with small-scale Colombian panela cane farmers.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Experiments

Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions? Evidence from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia

Submitted by Yitatek Yitbarek on
EfD Authors:
Mekonnen, Alemu
Damte Beyene, Abebe
Bluffstone, Randall
Gebreegziabher, Zenebe
Martinsson, Peter
Toman, Michael
Vieider, Ferdinand
Peer Reviewed
Energy, Experiments, Forestry

Nudging for lockdown: behavioural insights from an online experiment

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Phu, Nguyen Van

Abstract. We test the effectiveness of a social comparison nudge (SCN) to enhance lockdown compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic using a French representative sample ( N = 1,154). Respondents were randomly assigned to a favorable/unfavorable informational feedback (daily road traffic mobility patterns, in Normandy – a region of France) on peer lockdown compliance. Our dependent variable was the intention to comply with a possible future lockdown. We controlled for risk, time, and social preferences and tested the effectiveness of the nudge.

Peer Reviewed
Covid-19, Experiments, Policy Design
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