The impact of experiments on environmental policy and natural resource management

Christian Vossler, Timothy Cason, James Murphy, Paul Ferraro, Todd Cherry, George Loewenstein, Peter Martinsson, Jason Shogren, Leaf van Boven and Daan van Soest

No 2024-05, Working Papers from University of Tennessee, Department of Economics

Abstract: Motivated by the fact that few academic publications document the links between behavioral experiments and public decision making, this paper compiles and describes many studies that were used to inform environmental policy and natural resource management decisions. These experiments informed or changed the designs of emissions trading programs, recreational fishing regulations, conservation auctions, pro-environmental initiatives directed at households, and regulatory enforcement and compliance schemes, and produced nonmarket demand estimates that informed government regulatory analyses. We highlight the context and conditions that produced these experiment-policy links and discuss how researchers can better engage with the policymaking process and increase the impact of experimental research on policy.

JEL-codes: C9 D04 D47 Q28 Q48 Q51 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2024-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ene, nep-env and nep-exp
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