Pro-environmental interventions and behavioral spillovers: Evidence from organic waste sorting in Sweden

Alacevich, Caterina; Bonev, Petyo; Söderberg, Magnus

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102470

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“…To the best of my knowledge, this is the first paper on behavioral spillovers to follow an integrated multidisciplinary approach. Existing studies have not used a formal causal model (Galizzi and Whitmarsh, 2019;Alacevich et al, 2021;Jones et al, 2019). My paper complements the valuable insights of these studies by strengthening the links between definitions of spillovers, psychological theory, and causal empirical strategies.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Recently, behavioral spillovers have been extensively studied in multiple domains such as psychology (Truelove et al, 2014;Maki et al, 2019) and economics (Altmann et al, 2022;Bulte et al, 2021;Nafziger, 2020). They have received particular attention in the context of environmental policy evaluation because individual contributions to the common environmental goal can be achieved through multiple activities (Alacevich et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Behavioral Spillovers

Bonev¹

2023

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What is a behavioral spillover? How can a spillover be uncovered from the data? What is the precise link between the underlying psychological theory of a spillover and the econometric assumptions which are necessary to estimate it? This paper draws on recent advancements in causal inference, behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience to develop a framework for the causal evaluation and interpretation of behavioral spillovers. A novel research design is suggested. The paper challenges existing empirical strategies and reevaluates of existing empirical results.

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Behavioral Spillovers

Bonev¹

2023

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“…There is increasing interest in measuring behavioural spillovers in economics and psychology (Alacevich et al, 2021;Galizzi and Whitmarsh, 2019;Maki et al, 2019). However, there is limited agreement on identification of causal pathways effecting such indirect behaviour change.…”

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“…While building transparency in the nudge is only as good as the nudge in itself, it is self-reflection that remains key to scale-up its effects. Third, we contribute to a growing literature on behavioural spillovers by providing a causal estimate (Alacevich et al, 2021;Maki et al, 2019) of any treatment induced indirect behavioural effects. We do not find any evidence of negative behavioural spillovers, as measured by participants' charitable donations.…”

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What Works Best in Promoting Climate Citizenship? A Randomised, Systematic Evaluation of Nudge, Think, Boost and Nudge+

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“…2 (4), 307-315" for a comprehensive review of this literature. Most commonly, the literature has studied spillover effects of behaviors at different times, spillover effects between different and unrelated environmental protection behaviors, spillover effects between behaviors with similar costs and spillover effects in different fields (Margetts and Kashima, 2017;Xu et al, 2018;Fanghella et al, 2019;Nash et al, 2019;Penz et al, 2019;Henn et al, 2020;Alacevich et al, 2021;Truelove et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2021). To the best of our knowledge, the relationship between different low-carbon consumption behavior has not been studied yet.…”

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Will Low-Carbon Purchasing Behavior Make Residents’ Behaviors Greener? Research Based on Spillover Effects

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Long

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Low-carbon purchasing behavior is the core part of low-carbon consumption behavior. Its impact on low-carbon use behavior, recycling behavior, and garbage sorting behavior needs to be further clarified. Based on self-perception theory and cognitive dissonance theory, this paper constructs a theoretical model of the spillover effect of low-carbon purchasing behavior on low-carbon use behavior, recycling behavior and garbage sorting behavior through self-efficacy and environmental self-identity. This paper uses the Bootstrap method to analyze 494 valid questionnaires empirically. The results show that: low-carbon purchasing behavior has a significantly positive effect on low-carbon use behavior, recycling behavior, and garbage sorting behavior. Self-efficacy and environmental self-identity play partially parallel mediating roles in the spillover effect. The mediating effect of environmental self-efficacy is stronger than environmental self-identity between low-carbon purchasing behavior and low-carbon use behavior. The mediating effect of self-efficacy is weaker than environmental self-identity between low-carbon purchasing behavior and recycling behavior or garbage sorting behavior. The spillover effects are different in demographic variables. The spillover effect of men is more substantial than women. The spillover effect of residents in 18–44 years old is more significant than residents in other age groups. The spillover effect of married residents is the largest. Residents with a bachelor’s degree have the most significant spillover effects on recycling behavior and garbage sorting behavior than residents with other educational levels. Professional and technical personnel have the most considerable spillover effect than other occupation types. The spillover effect is the largest when the family have three members. The spillover effect of residents with a monthly household income of 6,000–8,000 yuan is the largest between low-carbon purchasing behavior and low-carbon use behavior.

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Pro-environmental interventions and behavioral spillovers: Evidence from organic waste sorting in Sweden

Cited by 29 publications

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Behavioral Spillovers

Behavioral Spillovers

What Works Best in Promoting Climate Citizenship? A Randomised, Systematic Evaluation of Nudge, Think, Boost and Nudge+

Will Low-Carbon Purchasing Behavior Make Residents’ Behaviors Greener? Research Based on Spillover Effects

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