Can Defaults Save The Climate? Evidence From A Field Experiment On Carbon Offsetting Programs

Arana Padilla, JE; Leon, CJ

Can Defaults Save The Climate? Evidence From A Field Experiment On Carbon Offsetting Programs

Arana Padilla, JE Leon, CJ

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Publisher:: Springer
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Environmental and Resource Economics, 2013, 54 (4), pp. 613 - 626
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Arana Padilla, JE	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leon, CJ	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental and Resource Economics, 2013, 54 (4), pp. 613 - 626	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0924-6460	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Individual preferences for environmental policies can be influenced by the frame in which choices and decisions are presented. In this paper we present results of a field experiment on the contributions to carbon offsetting programs under two alternative treatments for the default option. The opt-in treatment asked subjects to pay for the policy proposal while the opt-out treatment asked subjects if they wanted to be excluded from payment for the policy proposal. The results show that the frame of the default option had a significant effect on the amount of money paid for the policy proposal. Subjects were more likely to accept the policy proposal if the default option was the opt-out treatment. The results have implications for the design of environmental policies.	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
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dc.subject.classification	Agricultural Economics & Policy	en_US
dc.title	Can Defaults Save The Climate? Evidence From A Field Experiment On Carbon Offsetting Programs	en_US
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Abstract:

Individual preferences for environmental policies can be influenced by the frame in which choices and decisions are presented. In this paper we present results of a field experiment on the contributions to carbon offsetting programs under two alternative treatments for the default option. The opt-in treatment asked subjects to pay for the policy proposal while the opt-out treatment asked subjects if they wanted to be excluded from payment for the policy proposal. The results show that the frame of the default option had a significant effect on the amount of money paid for the policy proposal. Subjects were more likely to accept the policy proposal if the default option was the opt-out treatment. The results have implications for the design of environmental policies.

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