Applications of social psychology to increase the impact of behaviour-focused intervention

Lehman, Philip K.; Geller, E. Scott; Bolderdijk, Jan Willem

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511801921.003

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“…on a price tag) (Chetty et al 2009). Thus, it is important to realize that behavior change is more likely to occur when people are better able to associate specific behaviors with soon and certain consequences, that is, when behavior is always and immediately followed by noticeable implications (Lehman and Geller, 2008).…”

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Emissions trading for households? A behavioral law and economics perspective

Woerdman

Bolderdijk

2015

Eur J Law Econ

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This is the first research article on expanding emissions trading in the EU to households in which law and economics is explicitly and systematically combined with behavioral science. The goal of the article is neither to plead in favor nor against emissions trading for households, but rather to provide an analysis of such a scheme. To that end, the article gathers relevant theoretical insights and discusses how established empirical findings can be used to design a potentially workable scheme. The analysis not only presents an overview of possible economic and behavioral barriers, but also creates a feedback to its institutional design by presenting possible solutions to overcome them. Downstream allocation creates a more direct and visible carbon incentive, whereas administrative costs can be reduced by concentrating monitoring and enforcement upstream. Behavioral acceptance can be boosted via strategic communication, for instance by stressing that emissions trading is both effective (emissions are capped) and fair (those who emit less, pay less). Energy conservation can be stimulated by frequently sending updates to households of their carbon transactions to make the consequences of their behavior more noticeable. Whether these necessary conditions are also sufficient to ensure political acceptance remains an open question.

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Emissions trading for households? A behavioral law and economics perspective

Woerdman

Bolderdijk

2015

Eur J Law Econ

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“…Examples of methods for using campaigns such as Leave No Trace "(LNT) and" Minimal Impact Bushwalking "(MIB) (Hu et al, 2018). The method of giving gifts or rewards to those who dispose of waste to those who dispose of waste in its place is also influential (Lehman et al, 2008).…”

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Analysis of Waste Management Processes Based on Peer Interaction

Agustina,

Herdiansyah,

Adinegoro

2023

jppipa, pendidikan ipa, fisika, biologi, kimia

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Peers advisory is important to help improving individual behavior, including waste-management and handling activities. The data analyzed in this study were derived from primary data collection on some populous provinces in Indonesia, along with waste-management problem. A survey has been conducted on more than 2,000 observations at individual level, gathered from 563 household to examine how social and education affect the probability of a person to follow correct waste-handling actions: put trash righteously. This study found that urban citizens in Indonesia are probably 1.7 times more likely to follow correct waste-handling actions, if they’re have been taught in environmental caring. This study also found that peers’ advice in terms of environmental caring will affect people 3.77 times more likely to put trash righteously. Overall, this study found that peer’s socialization environment is important in reshaping human’s behavior on handling wastes. In addition, good habits formed during childhood, and self-initiative behavior has not also been important enough to solve waste-handling problems.

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