Research
Fields: Environmental economics; Public economics
Research interests: Public policy design; Climate change; Biodiversity; Water management; Lab and field experiments; Economic surveys; Numerical optimization; Structural estimation
Selected work in progress and working papers
Dietz, S., and Lanz, B. "Growth and adaptation to climate change in the long run"
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper 386Lanz, B. and Sakamoto, H. "Carbon abatement under monetary incentives and moral suasion: A real-effort experiment"
Puntiroli, M., Kandul, S., Bezençon, V., and Lanz, B. "Dishonest Behaviour in Ambiguous Tasks: The Interplay between Effort and Competence"
Institute of Economic Research Working Paper 23-01Gasser, A.T. and Lanz, B. "Climate change, temperature extremes, and conflict: Evidence from mainland Southeast Asia"
Institute of Economic Research Working Paper 23-05
Peer-reviewed publications in academic journals
Kandul, S., Lanz, B., and Reins E. (2023) "Reciprocity and gift exchange in markets for credence goods"
Games and Economic Behavior, 141, pp. 52-60
[open access]Delacrétaz, N., Lanz, B., Delju, A., Piguet, E. and Rebetez, M. (2023) "Impacts of rainfall shocks on out-migration in Türkiye are mediated more by per capita income than by agricultural output"
Population and Environment, 45, 12
[open access][MIT CEEPR Working Paper #2023-08]Bezençon, V., De Santo, A., Holzer, A., and Lanz, B., (2023) "Escape Addict: A digital escape room for the prevention of addictions and risky behaviors in schools"
Computers & Education, 200, 104798
[open access]van Dijk, J., Delacrétaz, N., and Lanz, B., (2022) "Technology adoption and early network infrastructure provision in the market for electric vehicles"
Environmental and Resource Economics, 83, pp. 631-679
[open access][MIT CEEPR Working Paper #2021-015]Naso, P., Haznedar O., Lanz, B. and Swanson, T., (2022) "A macroeconomic approach to global land use policy"
Resource and Energy Economics, 69, 101302Lang, G., and Lanz, B. (2022) "Climate policy without a price signal: Evidence on the implicit carbon price of energy efficiency in buildings"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 111, 102560
[open access][MIT CEEPR Working Paper #2020-004]Kandul, S., and Lanz, B. (2021) "Public good provision, in-group cooperation and out-group descriptive norms: A lab experiment"
Journal of Economic Psychology, 85, 102382
[open access][working paper version]Lanz, B., and Reins, E. (2021) "Asymmetric information on the market for energy efficiency: Insights from the credence goods literature"
The Energy Journal, 42 (4), pp. 91-109
[open access][working paper version]Lang, G., Farsi, M., Lanz, B., and Weber, S. (2021) "Energy efficiency and heating technology investments: Manipulating financial information in a discrete choice experiment"
Resource and Energy Economics, 64, 101231
[open access][working paper version]Lang, G., and Lanz, B. (2021) "Energy efficiency, information, and the acceptability of rent increases: A survey experiment with tenants"
Energy Economics, 95, 105007
[download preprint][MIT CEEPR Working Paper #2018-14]Naso, P., Lanz, B., and Swanson T. (2020) "The Return of Malthus? Resource Constraints in an Era of Declining Population Growth"
European Economic Review, 128, 103499Berger, M., and Lanz, B. (2020) "Minimum wage regulation in Switzerland: Survey evidence for restaurants in the canton of Neuchâtel"
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 156 (20), pp. 1-23
[open access][working paper version]Kandul, S., Lang, G. and Lanz, B. (2020) "Social comparison and energy conservation in a collective action context: A field experiment"
Economics Letters, 188, 108947
[open access][MIT CEEPR Working Paper #2019-21]Lanz, B., Wurlod, J., Panzone, L., and Swanson T. (2018) "The behavioral effect of Pigovian regulation: Evidence from a field experiment"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 87, pp. 190-205
[download preprint] [MIT CEEPR Working Paper #2017-11]Huang, X., and Lanz, B. (2018) "The value of air quality in Chinese cities: Evidence from labor and property market outcomes"
Environmental and Resource Economics, 71 (4), pp. 849-874
[download preprint]Lanz, B., Dietz, S. and Swanson, T. (2018) "Global economic growth and agricultural land conversion under uncertain productivity improvements in agriculture"
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 100 (1), pp. 545-569
[download preprint] [MIT JP report #313]Lanz, B., Dietz, S. and Swanson, T. (2018) "The expansion of modern agriculture and global biodiversity decline: An integrated assessment"
Ecological Economics, 144, pp. 260-277
[download preprint]Lanz, B., Dietz, S. and Swanson, T. (2017) "Global population growth, technology, and Malthusian constraints: A quantitative growth theoretic perspective"
International Economic Review, 58 (3), pp. 973-1006
[download preprint] [older version: MIT JP report # 283] [GAMS code for replication of the baseline model runs]Lanz, B. and Provins, A. (2017) "Using averting expenditures to estimate the demand for public goods: Combining objective and perceived quality"
Resource and Energy Economics, 47, pp. 20-35
[download preprint]Lanz, B., and Rausch, S. (2016) "Emissions trading in the presence of price-regulated polluting firms: How costly are free allowances?"
The Energy Journal, 37(1), pp. 195-232
[download preprint] [older version: MIT JP report #224]Lanz, B., and Rutherford T. (2016) "GTAPINGAMS: Multiregional and small open economy models"
Journal of Global Economic Analysis, 1(2), pp. 1-77
[open access article and GAMS code for the model]Lanz, B. and Provins, A. (2016) "The demand for tap water quality: Survey evidence on water hardness and aesthetic quality"
Water Resources and Economics, 16, pp. 52-63
[download preprint]Bommier, A., Lanz, B., and Zuber, S. (2015) "Models-as-usual for unusual risks? On the value of catastrophic climate change"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 74, pp. 1-22
[download preprint]Lanz, B., and Provins, A. (2015) "Using discrete choice experiments to regulate the provision of water services: Do status quo choices reflect preferences?"
Journal of Regulatory Economics, 47(3), pp. 300-324
[download preprint]Lanz, B., Rutherford, T., and Tilton, J. (2013) "Subglobal climate agreements and trade in energy-intensive commodities: An evaluation of carbon leakage in the copper industry"
The World Economy, 36(3), pp. 254-279
[download preprint] [older version: MIT CEEPR WP #1103]Tyler, P., Warnock, C., Provins, A., and Lanz, B. (2013) "Valuing the benefits of urban regeneration"
Urban Studies, 50(1), pp. 169-190Lanz, B., and Provins, A. (2013) "Valuing local environmental amenity with discrete choice experiments: Spatial scope sensitivity and heterogeneous marginal utility of income"
Environmental and Resource Economics, 56(1), pp. 105-130
[download preprint]Lanz, B., and Rausch, S. (2011) "General equilibrium, electricity generation technologies and the cost of carbon abatement: A structural sensitivity analysis"
Energy Economics, 33(5), pp. 1035-1047
[download preprint] [older version: MIT JP report #194]Bornstein, N., and Lanz, B. (2008) "Voting on the environment: Price or ideology? Evidence from Swiss referendums"
Ecological Economics, 67(3), pp. 430-440
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Peer-reviewed publications in edited books
Lanz, B., Provins, A., Bateman, I., Scarpa, R., Willis, K., and Ozdemiroglu, E. (2010) "Investigating willingness to pay - willingness to accept asymmetry in choice experiments"
in S. Hess and A. Daly (eds.), Choice modeling: The state-of-the-art and the state-of-practice, Emerald Group Publishing
[download preprint]Sciarini, P., Bornstein, N., and Lanz, B. (2007) "The determinants of voting choice on environmental issues: A two-level analysis"
in deVreese, C. (ed.), The Dynamics of Referendum Campaigns, Palgrave London
[download preprint]
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
Lemarié, L., Lanz, B., and Bezençon, V. (2019) "When self-perceived efforts lead to perseverance: implications for the development of pro-environmental behaviors,"
Advances in Consumer Research (ACR North American Conference, Atlanta, USA), 47, pp. 728-729
Policy reports (selected)
Bezençon, V., Lanz, B., and Omeira, M. (2020) "Rapport de l'évaluation d'Escape Addict, outil de prévention des addictions de Promotion Santé Valais," report for Promotion Santé Valais, Switzerland
SCCER-CREST White paper 8 (2019), "Politische Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung der Energieeffizienzlucke," (with Paul Burger, Davide Cerruti, Massimo Filippini, Karoline Gamma, Fabio Haufler, Bruno Lanz, Martin Patel, Iljana Schubert and Annika Sohre)
SCCER-CREST White Paper 4 (2018) "Reduktion der Energienachfrage von Haushalten - erfolgversprechende Schritte auf einem langen Weg," (with Paul Burger, Valéry Bezençon, Tobias Brosch, Vicente Carabias-Hutter, Mehdi Farsi, Ulf Hahnel, Stefanie Hille, Bruno Lanz, Linda Lemarie, Corinne Moser, Michael Puntiroli, Iljana Schubert, Annika Sohre and Benjamin Volland)
Provins, A., Gianferrara, E., Anderson, S. , Ozdemiroglu, E., and Lanz, B. (2015) "Update of the economic valuation of Thames Tideway Tunnel environmental benefits", report by Eftec for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK
Provins, A,. Lanz, B., Ozdemiroglu, E., Mourato, S., Rowe, K., Tomlinson, P., and Heywood, C. (2009) "Valuing Transport's Impact on the Natural Landscape", report by Eftec to the Department for Transport, UK
Tinch, R., Dickie, I., and Lanz, B. (2008) "Costs of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in EU Fisheries", report by Eftec to the Pew Environment Group
Day, B., Lanz, B., and Provins, A.(2008) "Demand for Cars and their Attributes", report by Eftec to the Department for Transport, UK
Projects with external funding
Université de Neuchâtel, Projets pédagogiques innovants, "Introduction à l'économie", 2022 -2023, CHF 15k
Co-principal investigator, with J.-M. Grether (UniNE); staff researcher at the University of Neuchâtel: Nicola FrancescuttoSwiss National Science Foundation, "The long-term impact of refugees on the local population: Evidence from the 1990s Yugoslav Wars," 2022-2024, CHF 295k
Project partner, principal investigator: D. Ruedin (UniNE); staff researcher at the University of Neuchâtel: Marco PecoraroSwiss National Science Foundation, "Global climate change, food supply shocks, and conflict-induced migration", 2019-2023, CHF312k
Principal investigator; staff researcher at the University of Neuchâtel: Nathan Delacrétaz (first placement: postdoc at HEC Lausanne)Swiss National Science Foundation, "The adoption of energy innovations: Imperfect information, network infrastructure, and intertemporal preferences", 2017-2021, CHF590k
Principal investigator; staff researchers at the University of Neuchâtel: Serhiy Kandul (placement: postdoc at U Zurich) and Evert Reins (first placement: postdoc at HEC Lausanne)InnoSuisse, "OptiRen: Optimizing the energy renovation of a large housing stock based on empirical data", 2017-2019, CHF145k
Principal investigator, with partners: P. Thalmann (EPFL), F. Flourentzou (Estia SA), and G. Greuter (Retraites Populaires SA); staff researcher at the University of Neuchâtel: Ghislaine Lang (first placement: postdoc at HEC Lausanne)