Behavioral Insights from Field Experiments in Environmental Economics

Daniel Brent, Lana Friesen, Lata Gangadharan () and Andreas Leibbrandt

No 34-16, Monash Economics Working Papers from Monash University, Department of Economics

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.

Keywords: field experiments; environmental economics, intrinsic incentives, extrinsic incentives, behavioral economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2016-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-env and nep-exp
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