news21. Oktober 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarInformation Avoidance and Moral Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Food ChoicesAbstract: Access to morally relevant information could lead to behavioral change, but only if individuals attend to such information. We investigate...14. Oktober 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarAbsolute groupishness and the demand for informationAbstract: Does social identity affect how decision makers consume and digest new information? We study this question through a theoretically informed...13. Mai 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarPossibly disastrous, but controllable – on dynamic decision making under Knightian uncertaintyAbstract: The basic theory for decision-making under risk – Expected Utility Theory – requires that precise probabilities and the ethical value...5. Februar 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarWhen shocks become persistent - Household-level asset growth in the aftermath of an extreme weather eventAbstract: This article analyzes to what extent an extreme weather event can have persistent effects on household-level asset growth. Our focus is on...29. Januar 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarNudging CooperationAbstract: This paper experimentally studies two simple interventions aimed at increasing public goods provision in settings in which accurate feedback...22. Januar 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarNorm-based feedback on household waste: a large-scale field experiment in two Swedish municipalitiesAbstract: The last decade has seen a marked upsurge of research into interventions that aim to reduce resource use by providing users with information...8. Januar 2020|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarEntropic preferences under Knightian uncertaintyAbstract: Decision-making about economy-environment systems is often characterized by deep uncertainties. We provide an axiomatic foundation of...18. Dezember 2019|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarVoting and information: Evidence from a randomized controlled trialAbstract: Information asymmetries affect many real-world decisions, including voting behavior. Important welfare losses may occur if people's voting...11. Dezember 2019|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarA large household panel survey on climate change perceptions and adaptation in Germany: Effects of flood experience on climate beliefs and an overview of other topicsAbstract: This talk summarises some of the works which are based on the Eval-MAP dataset. Eval-Map is a household panel survey on climate change...4. Dezember 2019|Env. & Dev. Econ. SeminarPublic gob provision: Theory and experimental designAbstract: Inspired by the possibility to modify global temperatures on a short timescale and inexpensively through so-called ‘solar geoengineering’...Zum Archiv
