RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am interested in
using behavioral and field experiments to test interventions promoting sustainable behavior
studying the use of marekts for nature conservation and the future of green jobs and work transformation
exploring how AI tools and other interventions can foster creativity and (green) innovation
PUBLICATIONS
"Choice architecture promotes sustainable choices in online food-delivery apps” with Paul Lohmann, Lucia Reisch, James Farrington, Steve Human, PNAS Nexus, 2024.
“Evaluating the impacts of a large-scale voluntary REDD+ project in Sierra Leone” with Mandy Malan, Paul Hofman, Andreas Kontoleon, Maarten Voors, Rachel Carmenta, Tom Swinfield, Nature Sustainability, 2024.
“Chilling Results: How Explicit Warm Glow Appeals Fail to Boost Pro-Environmental Behaviour”, with Paul Lohmann, Andreas Kontoleon, Sander van Linden, Behavioral Public Policy, 2024.
“Financial professionals and climate experts have diverging perspectives on climate action”, with Michael Kirchler, Christian König-Kersting, Nature: Communications Earth & Environment, 2024.
“High levels of air pollution reduce team innovation” with Paul Lohmann, Ben Probst, Andreas Kontoleon, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2024.
"Accounting for preferences and beliefs in social framing effects”, with E. Bernold, R. Murphy and K. Ackermann, Frontiers in Behavioral Economics, 2023: 2.
"External validity of economic experiments on agri-environmental scheme design”, with Ferre, M., Engel, S. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023.
"Social class and (un)ethical behavior: Causal versus correlational evidence", with Müller, D., Müller, S., Trautmann, S., Zudenkova, G., The Economic Journal, 2022, Volume 132: 2392-2411.
"Do carbon footprint labels promote climatarian diets? Evidence from a large-scale field experiment", with Lohmann, P., Doherty, A., Kontoleon, A., Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, Volume 114: 102693.
"Anti-social behaviour and economic decision-making: Panel experimental evidence in the wake of COVID-19", with Lohmann, P., You, J, Kontoleon, A., Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022.
"Incentivizing coordination in the adoption of sustainable land use when costs are heterogeneous: An economic experiment”, with Ferre, M., Engel, S., Land Use Policy, 2022, Volume 123: 106397.
"A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing: the glass is half full", with J. van den Bergh et al., Climate Policy, 2020, 20(10): 1349-1354.
"A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing", with J. van den Bergh et al., Climate Policy, 2020, 20(9): 1-13.
"Which agglomeration payment for a sustainable management of organic soils in Switzerland?– An experiment accounting for farmers' cost heterogeneity", with Ferré, M., & Engel, S., Ecological Economics, 150, 24-33.
"Broadening the scope of loss and damage to legal liability: an experiment", with Gampfer, R., Bernold, E., & Delas, A. M., Climate Policy, 18(5), 600-611.
"Reputation and household recycling practices: Field experiments in Costa Rica", with F. Alpizar, Ecological Economics, 2015, 120: 366-375.
"Rejoinder to Kallis et al. (2013) response to our criticism", with I. Logar and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh, Ecological Economics, 2015, 118: 285-286.
"Towards a fair constructive and consistent criticism of all valuation languages: Comment on Kallis et al. (2013)", with I. Logar and J.C.J.M van den Bergh, Ecological Economics, 2015, 112: 164-69.
"Environmental policy when pollutive consumption is sensitive to advertising: Norms versus status", with J.C.J.M van den Bergh, Ecological Economics, 2014, 107: 39-50.
"Bounded Rationality and social interaction in negotiating a climate agreement", with J.C.J.M van den Bergh, International Environmental Agreements, 2012, 12: 225-249.
"Environmental policy theory given bounded rationality and other-regarding preferences", with J.C.J.M van den Bergh, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2010, 49(2): 263-304.
WORKING PAPERS
"Why do people demand rent control?" (with Daniel Müller) (SSRN Working Paper Series)
"What makes PES fair?" (with Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Stefanie Engel) (SSRN Workin Papper Series)
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Exposure to Refugees and Discrimination ” (with Daniel Müller)
"Prosocial Work Motivation" (with Thimo De Schouwer, Iris Kesternich, Heiner Schumacher)