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View article: The impact of real-time energy consumption feedback on residential gas and electricity usage
The impact of real-time energy consumption feedback on residential gas and electricity usage Open
We implemented a Randomized Controlled Trial to estimate the impact of real-time energy consumption feedback on residential energy use. A random half of the participant households were offered an energy consumption monitor that uses smart-…
View article: Combatting forest fires in the drylands of <scp>Sub‐Saharan</scp> Africa: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Burkina Faso
Combatting forest fires in the drylands of <span>Sub‐Saharan</span> Africa: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Burkina Faso Open
Forest fires are among the main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the drylands of Sub‐Saharan Africa. We use remote sensing data on forest fires and remaining tree cover to estimate the effectiveness of a project targeted …
View article: Punishment to promote prosocial behavior: a field experiment
Punishment to promote prosocial behavior: a field experiment Open
Prosocial behavior is typically promoted through behavioral interventions or modest rewards. We provide field evidence for the effectiveness of a less commonly used way to achieve the same goal: making it illegal not to engage in the desir…
View article: Create a culture of experiments in environmental programs
Create a culture of experiments in environmental programs Open
Organizations need a better “learning by doing” approach
View article: Electronic Payment Technology and Business Finance: A Randomized, Controlled Trial with Mobile Money
Electronic Payment Technology and Business Finance: A Randomized, Controlled Trial with Mobile Money Open
We conducted a randomized, controlled trial with small- and medium-sized enterprises in Kenya to estimate the causal impact of an electronic payment (e-payment) technology on business finance. Using an encouragement design, we exogenously …
View article: Crowdfunding Conservation (and Other Public Goods)
Crowdfunding Conservation (and Other Public Goods) Open
Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular means to fund the provision of public goods and especially of nature conservation projects. We implement a lab-in-the-field experiment by setting up a web-based user interface, very similar t…
View article: Replication Data for: Crowdfunding conservation (and other public goods)
Replication Data for: Crowdfunding conservation (and other public goods) Open
This repository contains the replication code and datasets for the analysis in the paper "Crowdfunding conservation (and other public goods)" by Erik Ansink, Mark Koetse, Jetske Bouma, Dominic Hauck, and Daan van Soest
View article: Can global aquaculture growth help to conserve wild fish stocks? Theory and empirical analysis
Can global aquaculture growth help to conserve wild fish stocks? Theory and empirical analysis Open
Can fed aquaculture growth alleviate overfishing and foster the conservation of wild fish stocks? To examine this question we present a stylized fishery model of trade in edible fish and fishmeal that incorporates both market linkages and …
View article: Toward an Understanding of the Welfare Effects of Nudges: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Workplace
Toward an Understanding of the Welfare Effects of Nudges: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Workplace Open
Social scientists have recently explored how framing of gains and losses affects productivity. We conducted a field experiment in peri-urban Uganda, and compared output levels across 1,000 workers over isomorphic tasks and incentives, fram…
View article: A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation
A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation Open
"Policy instruments can help put climate adaptation plans into action. Here, we propose a method for the systematic assessment and selection of policy instruments for stimulating adaptation action. The multi-disciplinary set of six assessm…
View article: Transparency and Financial Inclusion: Experimental Evidence from Mobile Money (revision of CentER DP 2018-042)
Transparency and Financial Inclusion: Experimental Evidence from Mobile Money (revision of CentER DP 2018-042) Open
Electronic payment instruments have the potential to spur the transparency of business transactions and thereby reduce information frictions. We design a field experiment to understand whether e-payments facilitate the financial inclusion …
View article: Toward an Understanding of the Welfare Effects of Nudges: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
Toward an Understanding of the Welfare Effects of Nudges: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda Open
Social scientists have recently explored how framing of gains and losses affects productivity. We conducted a field experiment in peri-urban Uganda, and compare output levels across 1000 workers over isomorphic tasks and incentives, framed…
View article: Reducing Hunger with Payments for Ecosystem Services (Pes): Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
Reducing Hunger with Payments for Ecosystem Services (Pes): Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso Open
Does financial compensation for providing environmental conservation, improve the food security of the rural poor in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa? This paper explores this question using data from a randomized controlled trial of a l…
View article: Payment Technology Adoption by SMEs : Experimental Evidence from Kenya's Mobile Money
Payment Technology Adoption by SMEs : Experimental Evidence from Kenya's Mobile Money Open
This paper reports the results from a field experiment conducted in Kenya to investigate the adoption determinants of a profitable financial technology by small and medium sized enterprizes (SMEs). We offered a randomly selected sample of …
View article: Data for: Rewards and Cooperation in Social Dilemma games
Data for: Rewards and Cooperation in Social Dilemma games Open
Here you can find the do file that presents the results as they appear in the paper.
View article: Crowdfunding public goods: An experiment
Crowdfunding public goods: An experiment Open
We assess the impact of different crowdfunding designs on the success of crowdfunded public goods using a lab-in-the-field experiment. Our design treatments aim to increase the efficiency of crowdfunding campaigns by raising aggregate cont…
View article: Sustainable Consumer Behavior
Sustainable Consumer Behavior Open
Sustainability may be achieved through many different agents and institutions in society, including governments, new technologies, industries, and markets. In addition to these agents, consumers and households play a crucial role in the ad…
View article: Sustainable Consumption Dilemmas
Sustainable Consumption Dilemmas Open
To examine which considerations play a role when individuals make decisions to purchase sustainable product varieties or not, we have conducted a large scale field experiment with more than 600 participating households. Households can vote…
View article: Optimal Management Under Institutional Constraints: Determining a Total Allowable Catch for Different Fleet Segments in the Northeast Arctic Cod Fishery
Optimal Management Under Institutional Constraints: Determining a Total Allowable Catch for Different Fleet Segments in the Northeast Arctic Cod Fishery Open
Many real world fisheries have an individual vessel quota system with restrictions on transferability of quota or entrance of new vessels into the fishery. While the standard economic reasoning is that these institutional constraints lead …