Non-monetary incentives for sustainable biomass harvest: An experimental approach

May Attallah, Jens Abildtrup and Anne Stenger ()
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Anne Stenger: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: In this article, we use a contextualized lab experiment to test the effect of non-monetary incentives that can guide harvest professionals into adopting new sustainable harvesting practices. First, we test the effect of signing a declaration that commits wood buyers who voluntarily sign it to act in a sustainable manner. Second, we test the effect of priming by activating a concept of sustainability on subjects' behaviour. Our results provide evidence that presenting a declaration to sign is effective in inducing subjects to act in a sustainable manner when personal and collective interests are not aligned and there are financial incentives to make decisions that are against environmental sustainability. However, sustainability priming does not have a significant impact on subjects' behaviour. From a public policy point of view, a declaration is an effective tool and easy to implement by institutions aiming at fostering pro-environmental behaviour.

Keywords: Forest; Timber harvest; Laboratory experiment; Non-monetary incentives; Commitment; Priming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-08
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Published in Resource and Energy Economics, 2022, 69, ⟨10.1016/j.reseneeco.2022.101317⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2022.101317

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