Climate-Friendly Default Rules

Sunstein, Cass R.; Reisch, Lucia A.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2796786

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“…The focal value 35, that is, 35% of the endowment, is (a) low compared to other experiments that aim to increase contributions to public goods (see Altmann & Falk, 2009;Bruns et al, 2018;Carlsson et al, 2015), and (b) close to the preintervention average of contributions (33.37 Credits) in our experiment. Similar studies report lower mean and median contributions without any intervention (see Bruns et al, 2018;Diederich & Goeschl, 2014, 2017. Higher focal values might lead to less compliance with either intervention, ceteris paribus.…”

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“…This study contributes to the extant literature on the relation between regulator information and intervention effect (Perino et al, 2014;Silverman et al, 2014), as well as to the literature investigating the potential of behavioral interventions to induce no or unintended effects (Osman, 2020;Sunstein, 2017). The findings have implications for the emerging literature on personalized default rules outlined in the conclusion section.…”

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“…Psychological reactance, often defined as a cognitive or behavioral response occurring when an individual feels her freedom threatened, followed by behavior to re-establish freedom (Brehm, 1966), is sometimes used to rationalize nudge effects occurring in the opposite direction as intended. For example, Hedlin and Sunstein (2016) ascribe the occurrence of low approval ratings for green energy defaults entailing additional costs to psychological reactance (see also Arad & Rubinstein, 2018;Haggag & Paci, 2014;Sunstein, 2017;Yan & Frank Yates, 2019). Whether nudges, specifically defaults, create reactant feelings or thoughts that lead to discernible effects on behavior is still unclear, however.…”

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Point at, nudge, or push private provision of a public good?

Bruns¹,

Perino

2021

Economic Inquiry

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How decision makers respond to behavioral and traditional interventions might depend on their and the regulator's attributes. This online experiment investigates the effect of defaults, recommendations, and mandatory minimum contributions accompanied by regulator information on the private provision of climate protection, accounting for intrinsic motivation. Findings show that all interventions increase the propensity of individuals to choose the focal value. There is no evidence that recommendations and defaults change average contributions. We report a negative interaction of the default with intrinsic motivation. Expert or political regulator information decreases intervention effectiveness. The study improves our understanding of behavioral public policy instruments.

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Bruns¹,

Perino

2021

Economic Inquiry

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“…Large scale initiatives have been applied through default green energy policies. For example, in Germany 16% of energy providers automatically include their clients in green energy [133] by presenting this as the default option. There are a few examples of default nudges being applied in different Australian fisheries departments, but not yet targeting compliance.…”

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When push comes to shove in recreational ﬁshing compliance, think ‘nudge’

Mackay¹,

Putten²,

Sibly³

et al. 2018

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Enforcing compliance with rules and regulations in recreational fisheries has proved difficult due to factors such as the high number of participants and costs of enforcement, the absence of regular monitoring of recreational fishing activity, and the inherent difficulties in accurately determining catch levels. The effectiveness of traditional punitive deterrence is limited, yet current management is heavily reliant on this compliance approach. In this paper, the potential of behavioural based management is considered through a narrative review of the relevant literature; specifically, exploring the use of nudges, which aim through subtle changes and indirect suggestion to make certain decisions more salient, thereby improving voluntary compliance. This concept is explored with specific reference to the compliance of fishers within Australian recreational fisheries. There are only a few examples of behavioural based approaches found. However, based on their theoretical foundations, nudges may represent an inexpensive, and potentially highly effective tool for recreational fisheries management. Nudges do not offer a 'quick fix' to cases where traditional policy instruments have failed. Rather, there is the potential for behavioural nudges (based on framing, changing the physical environment, presenting default options, and social norms) to augment and complement existing deterrence regimes. A number of potential nudges for compliance management in recreational fisheries are suggested, but caution is advised. As with any novel management approach, nudges must be rigorously tested to demonstrate their cost-effectiveness and to avoid unintended consequences.

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“…Basierend auf den Theorien und empirischen Arbeiten der Verhaltensökonomik wurde das Konzept der Behavioural Public Policy (Oliver 2017;Shafir 2013;Thaler & Sunstein 2003) entwickelt, welches im deutschen Sprachraum meist als "Verhaltensbasierte Regulierung" (Reisch & Oehler 2009;Reisch & Sandrini 2015;Sunstein & Reisch 2016a) oder auch schlicht "Verhaltenspolitik" (Strassheim 2017) bezeichnet wird.…”

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GRRNE DEFAULTS ALS INSTRUMENT EINER NACHHALTIGEN ENERGIENACHFRAGEPOLITIK ERGEBNISBERICHT: DER NUDGE-ANSATZ ZUR FFRDERUNG DES WANDELS VON WERTEN UND LEBENSSTILEN: STAND DER FORSCHUNG UND BEWERTUNG VON NATIONALEN UND INTERNATIONALEN ANWENDUNGSBEISPIELEN VON DEFAULTS IM KONSUMFELD ENERGIE (Green Defaults as Instruments of a Sustainable Energy Demand Policy Project Report: Kopernikus-Projekt 'Systemintegration': Energiewende-Navigationssystem (ENavi), Project Grant No. 03SFK4J1, German Ministry of Education an

Bernauer

Reisch

2018

SSRN Journal

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Climate-Friendly Default Rules

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Cited by 6 publications

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Point at, nudge, or push private provision of a public good?

Point at, nudge, or push private provision of a public good?

When push comes to shove in recreational ﬁshing compliance, think ‘nudge’

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