Policy Nook — Policy Note: The Role of Experimental Economics in Designing and Evaluating Climate Policy

Astrid Dannenberg ()
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Astrid Dannenberg: Department of Economics, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

Water Economics and Policy (WEP), 2025, vol. 11, issue 01, 1-13

Abstract: As the international community grapples with the complex challenge of climate change, policymakers need reliable data and information to develop effective strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the business and household sectors. Experimental economics offers a valuable tool for studying human behavior and economic decision-making under controlled conditions and for deriving insights for effective and socially acceptable policy measures. This paper presents contributions from experimental economics to the design and evaluation of climate policy to illustrate important insights and methodological advances.

Keywords: Experimental economics; climate policy; policy acceptance; cooperation; social norms; visibility; defaults; environmental information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1142/S2382624X25710018

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