Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-06-05DOI: 10.1007/s10640-025-01005-w
Christopher Tate, Alberto Longo, Marco Boeri, Tim Taylor, Leandro Garcia, Ruth Hunter
Car dependency is becoming an increasingly difficult problem for policymakers to contend with, and requires targeted policy solutions that balance the need for greater urban mobility with reduced congestion. We investigated public preferences for welfare measures designed to encourage car use reduction and promote more sustainable urban environments. Cross-sectional survey data were obtained from n = 773 car owners living in Belfast, United Kingdom. A discrete choice experiment was used to elicit the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a congestion charge that would finance policies to reduce car usage. A contingent valuation question assessed the willingness-to-accept (WTA) a monetary incentive to reduce car usage. WTP values were computed using a mixed logit model, and an interval data model was used to assess the factors that were correlated with WTA. We also calculated the benefit to the economy of reduced car usage. WTP for different policy measures ranged from £2.12 to £11. The highest WTP value was observed for improvements to public transport frequency, coverage, and connectivity. The median WTA value to reduce car usage by one day per week was £3. As a result of reduced emissions and road casualties, it was estimated that this intervention would generate benefits worth £3.83 m, however this was greatly outweighed by the costs involved.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10640-025-01005-w.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-03-14DOI: 10.1007/s10640-025-00980-4
W J Wouter Botzen, Louison D Thepaut, Sanchayan Banerjee
Daniel Kahneman's pioneering research in behavioral economics has profoundly influenced the field of environmental economics, shaping what is now known as behavioral-environmental economics. This paper provides a scoping review of how Kahneman's theories have been applied by environmental economists to individual decision-making for climate change risks. We focus on deviations from rational behavior that impact climate adaptation decisions, such as loss aversion, the underweighting of low-probability events and the influence of heuristic-driven System 1 thinking over analytical System 2 reasoning. Our review outlines diversity in methodologies, including household surveys and economic experiments, used to analyze actions like investments in climate resilience and the purchase of disaster insurance. We synthesize these findings showing how Kahneman's legacy explains suboptimal preparedness behaviors and discuss policy strategies derived from these insights, such as risk communication, nudges, and financial incentives for disaster preparedness. We conclude by proposing an agenda for future research to more systematically assess Kahneman's ideas across various climate risk contexts and to deepen the application of Kahneman's theories in tackling broader, wicked environmental problems that require changing human behaviors.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-14DOI: 10.1007/s10640-023-00814-1
Luca A. Panzone, Natasha Auch, Daniel John Zizzo
Abstract We use an incentive-compatible experimental online supermarket to test the role of commitment and badges in reducing the carbon footprint of grocery shopping. In the experiment, some participants had the opportunity to voluntarily commit to a low carbon footprint basket before their online grocery shopping; the commitment was forced upon other participants. We also study the impact of an online badge as a soft reward for the achievement of a low carbon footprint basket. Participants from the general population shopped over two weeks, with the experimental stimuli only in week 2; and received their shopping baskets and any unspent budget. Results indicate that requesting a commitment prior to entering the store leads to a reduction in carbon footprint of 9–12%. When the commitment is voluntary, reductions are driven by consumers who accept the commitment. Commitments also reduced the consumption of fats and, for forced commitments, that of salt by 18%. Badges did not significantly impact consumer behaviour. Commitment mechanisms, either forced or voluntary, appear effective in motivating an environmental goal and search for low-carbon options, particularly in those accepting the commitment.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-08DOI: 10.1007/s10640-023-00819-w
Anne Kesselring
Abstract This paper explores the willingness-to-pay for energy efficiency by exploiting variation across products and countries within the EU market for household appliances. Based on scanner data at product-level, I use the hedonic method to estimate implicit prices for energy efficiency and derive implicit discount rates. The paper argues that the implicit price will be underestimated when energy consumption is not only a determinant of operating cost but also is positively associated with other features of a product. The empirical analysis confirms that estimates of the willingness-to-pay are higher when this effect is accounted for in the estimation. This is especially true of product types for which the heterogeneity of usage intensity is low. The results thus indicate that the energy efficiency gap is smaller than found in earlier studies.
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Abstract The historical diffusion of the potato in the Old World serves as an example of the contribution of technological innovations to socio-economic growth and development (Nunn and Qian in Q J Econ 126(2):593–650, 2011). Climate-related diseases, on the other hand, might offset some of these benefits. Here we examine the long-term impact of malaria on the potato-driven growth of the population and urbanization in the Old World during the 18th and 19th centuries. We exploit local variations in environmental suitability both for potato and for malaria transmission to estimate and compare the impact of potato cultivation on population and urbanization in highly endemic to non-endemic areas at a high level of spatial disaggregation. We show that local climate conditions ideal for malaria transmission counteracted the potential benefits of introducing the potato to the Old World, which are conversely found to be strong and positive in non-endemic regions. These results highlight the interplay between technological change, public health, and development outcomes.
马铃薯在旧大陆的历史传播是技术创新对社会经济增长和发展贡献的一个例子(Nunn和Qian in Q J economics 126(2): 593-650, 2011)。另一方面，与气候有关的疾病可能会抵消其中的一些好处。在这里，我们研究了疟疾对18世纪和19世纪旧大陆由土豆驱动的人口增长和城市化的长期影响。我们利用马铃薯和疟疾传播环境适宜性的地方差异，在高度空间分解的情况下，估计和比较马铃薯种植对高流行区和非流行区人口和城市化的影响。我们发现，适合疟疾传播的当地气候条件抵消了将马铃薯引入旧大陆的潜在好处，相反，在非疟疾流行地区，马铃薯的潜在好处被发现是强大和积极的。这些结果突出了技术变革、公共卫生和发展成果之间的相互作用。
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Pub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1007/s10640-023-00813-2
Derek Sheehan, Katrina Mullan, Thales A. P. West, Erin O. Semmens
{"title":"Protecting Life and Lung: Protected Areas Affect Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Hospitalizations in the Brazilian Amazon Biome","authors":"Derek Sheehan, Katrina Mullan, Thales A. P. West, Erin O. Semmens","doi":"10.1007/s10640-023-00813-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00813-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48299,"journal":{"name":"Environmental & Resource Economics","volume":"49 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135679437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nutrition and Climate Policies in the European Union: Friends or Enemies?","authors":"Basak Bayramoglu, Jean-François Jacques, Sylvaine Poret","doi":"10.1007/s10640-023-00815-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00815-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48299,"journal":{"name":"Environmental & Resource Economics","volume":"19 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135935819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-30DOI: 10.1007/s10640-023-00823-0
Shiva Sikdar
{"title":"Correction to: Trade, Transport Emissions and Multimarket Collusion with Border Adjustments","authors":"Shiva Sikdar","doi":"10.1007/s10640-023-00823-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00823-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48299,"journal":{"name":"Environmental & Resource Economics","volume":"33 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136103629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Will Temperature Changes in the Host Country Reduce the Inflow of International Direct Investment? Micro Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies","authors":"Yanyan Ouyang, Chuanwang Sun, Xiaonan Wei, Chuangyu Xie","doi":"10.1007/s10640-023-00812-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00812-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48299,"journal":{"name":"Environmental & Resource Economics","volume":"65 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136158445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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