Behavior, decisions and ecological transition: experimental approaches with policy implications

• Antonioni, Alberto ^[1] ; Cabrales, Antonio ^[1] ; Lipari, Francesca ^[1] ; Sánchez, Anxo ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Cuadernos económicos de ICE, ISSN 0210-2633, ISSN-e 2340-9037, Nº 104, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La transición a sociedades descarbonizadas), págs. 31-62
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.32796/cice.2022.104.7505
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Comportamiento, decisiones y transición ecológica: aproximaciones experimentales con implicaciones para las políticas
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  • español

    Un aspecto clave de la transición ecológica tiene que ver con el comportamiento individual y colectivo y su impacto en el cambio climático y la descarbonización. Describimos cómo pueden estudiarse estas cuestiones mediante diseños experimentales adecuados, centrándonos en dos ejemplos: la aplicación de la idea de los clubes climáticos de Nordhaus para hacer que los países contribuyan a la mitigación del cambio climático, y la interacción entre la percepción del riesgo de una catástrofe climática y las normas sociales que se derivan de, y que influyen en, el comportamiento individual. En las conclusiones discutimos cómo este tipo de experimentos pueden ser relevantes para la elaboración de políticas.

  • English

    One key aspect of the ecological transition has to do with individuals’ and collective behavior and its impact on climate change and decarbonization. We will describe how these questions can be studied by proper experimental designs by focusing on two examples: the implementation of Nordhaus's climate club idea for making countries contribute to climate change mitigation, and the interplay between the perception of the risk of a climatic catastrophe and the social norms arising from, and influencing, individual behavior. We will draw conclusions of the outcome of the experiments that can be relevant for policy making.

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