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1. One thing leads to another : evidence on the scope and persistence of behavioral spillovers
Goetz, Alexander; Mayr, Harald; Schubert, Renate;2024
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Link 2. Asking to give: coordinated fundraising and giving
Grieder, Manuel; Schmitz, Jan; Schubert, Renate;2024
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3. Changes in Social Capital During the Covid-19 Pandemic : A Comparative Study for Singapore and Switzerland
abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic is characterized by social distancing regulations in many countries. At a first glance, such regulations seem to harm residents’ networking, their volunteering, trust, cohesion building activities, etc. which are important facets of social capital. In this study, we analyze whether social distancing rules affect the social capital and whether over time key factors of social capital change. Our study investigates into this topic for two countries, Singapore and Switzerland, based on two representative surveys run in June 2020 and June 2021. We find that in both countries the social capital did not decrease, but rather slightly increased during the pandemic crisis. In particular, during the above-mentioned period of social distancing regulations, social bonds, social trust and support among residents increased by between 10 and 20% in both countries and residents’ trust in government became higher (by approximately 15%) in Singapore. Moreover, we observe that a religious anchoring seems to augment social capital. Overall, our results are encouraging since they imply that social capital is rather stable during a crisis, even if regulations impede physical social encounters
Schubert, Renate; Wu, Tingting; Joerin, Jonas;2023
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4. Do Mobile Applications Foster Sustainable Mobility? Evidence From a Field Experiment
abstractMobile applications hold promise to foster sustainable mobility behavior, but evaluations of their effectiveness are subject to a number of empirical challenges. We conduct a randomized controlled trial with three distinctive features: unobtrusive tracking of the control group, limited sample attrition, and a representative sample. In our study, 410 participants track their mobility behavior over a five week period. After one week, the treatment group engages with the user interface of the "Swiss Climate Challenge App". The user interface combines information on individual CO2 emissions with gamification features. Although most participants in the treatment group repeatedly interact with the user interface, we find no statistically significant effect on mobility behavior
Goetz, Alexander; Marinica, Ioana; Mayr, Harald; Mosetti, Luca; Schubert, Renate;2023
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5. One Thing Leads to Another : Evidence on the Scope and Persistence of Behavioral Spillovers
abstractEvaluations of economic interventions usually focus on one target behavior. This study extends the evaluation scope to multiple untargeted behaviors. We evaluate a hot water saving intervention in a natural field experiment. Despite an exclusive focus on hot water, the intervention changes multiple behaviors. We find a 5.6 percent reduction in room heating energy consumption that persists one year after the intervention. In addition, households save cold water for dishwasher use and toilet flushing several months after the intervention. We show that the room heating spillover has important welfare implications
Goetz, Alexander; Mayr, Harald; Schubert, Renate;2023
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6. Willingness to sell social media data. A laboratory experiment
abstractIn this paper, we investigate into people’s willingness to sell their social media data and into personal characteristics associated with the willingness to sell. The study was conducted as an experiment in the laboratory and is the first one to analyze people’s willingness to sell their entire Facebook data package. A sample of 174 student participants downloaded their Facebook data. The participants were invited to sell their data package to the research team in exchange for 10 Swiss Francs (approx. 10 US Dollars) in the form of a take-it-or-leave-it offer. 66% of the study participants sold their social media data. We show that people’s willingness to sell their social media data for small rewards is generally high, yet lower for those people holding high levels of privacy concern
Schubert, Renate; Marinica, Ioana; Mosetti, Luca;2022
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7. Saving Energy in Private Households – How to Boost the Effects of Behavioral Interventions
abstractEnergy savings of private households are a timely topic in industrialized countries – not only to prevent further global climate change coming from the use of fossil resources but also to cope with the current energy crisis caused through rapidly increasing energy prices and foreseeable energy shortage during the upcoming months. Several interventions to trigger energy savings by private households have been designed and implemented in field studies during the last years. This policy brief makes the point that the efficacy as well as the cost-efficiency of measures to induce energy savings can be boosted when measures are designed such that they produce positive spillover effects. Spillover effects mean that successful interventions causing energy savings or environmentally friendly behaviors in a targeted domain result in secondary effects fostering energy savings or environmentally friendly behaviors in another, seemingly unrelated area. The paper develops principles to be considered if positive spillovers are aimed at. Activating pro-environmental self-identities is the most prominent of these principles
Schlüter, Felix; Schubert, Renate; Simsir, Sevval;2022
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8. Do Labels Have a Potential to Induce Spillover Effects? Evidence from Sustainability Labels Related to Food
abstractThis study aims to better understand the direct and indirect (spillover effects) impact of a supermarket chain's sustainability label related to the two dimensions animal welfare and climate friendliness, introduced by a Swiss supermarket chain. By showing that the scale has a positive impact on the valuation and willingness to pay for products with higher ratings we can show that simple and clear signals regarding the sustainability of products can have a positive influence on consumer behavior. The finding is partly contrary to the current literature which shows that certifications and labels are neglected due to information overflow. The results of this paper are based on survey data collected through the supermarket’s customer newsletter and feedback platform
Furrer, Norina; Schubert, Renate;2022
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9. The Behavioral Effects of Carbon Taxes – Experimental Evidence
Grieder, Manuel; Baerenbold, Rebekka; Schmitz, Jan; Schubert, Renate;2022
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10. Beware of Side Effects? Spillover Evidence from a Hot Water Intervention
abstractBehavioral interventions may have unintended side effects. At worst, negative side effects may offset the intended effect. We study the effects of a hot water saving intervention on the consumption of cold water and room heating in a randomized controlled experiment in 782 buildings in Switzerland. The intervention reduces hot water consumption by 6.02 percent. Beyond the effect on the target behavior, we find a 5.44 percent decrease in energy consumption for room heating and a 2.57 percent decrease in cold water consumption. These positive spillover effects have substantial ramifications for households' utility bills, local pollution, and carbon emissions
Goetz, Alexander; Mayr, Harald; Schubert, Renate;2021
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