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SAMFUNN: Norms, green agents and environmental policy

Number3171
Project managerRolf Golombek
ClientNorges forskningsråd, Miljø2015
Client project no.183593
ParticipantsKjell Arne Brekke
Ragnhild Haugli Bråten
Snorre Kverndokk
Tore Nilssen
Karine Nyborg
Eric Nævdal
Tao Zhang
Period2008 - 2012 (ended)

Project description

This project studies the importance of norms and moral considerations on environmental choices undertaken by different agents like consumers, workers, managers and investors. We seek to answer the following four questions: First, how are people’s environmentally motivated behavior affected by context and framing effects, and how does this affect environmental policy? Second, to what extent, empirically, do workers consider high corporate social responsibility as part of their job’s compensation package, and to what extent are those who do so more responsible and productive workers? Third, how is trade of pollution permits affected by norms that view such trade as a stigma, and what influences the strength of the stigma over time? Finally, how is private R&D in environment-friendly technology affected by the existence of “green” customers, employees, management, investors and government?

Publications

Scientific Journal

Author(s):Title:Year:Reference:Link:
Bråten, Ragnhild HaugliLand Rights and Community Cooperation: Public Goods Experiments from Peru2014World Development vol 61, 127-141[PDF] [DOI]
Nyborg, Karine and Tao ZhangIs Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?2013Environmental and Resource Economics vol 55, 107-117[PDF] [DOI]
Brekke, K.A. og J.T. SolstadDoes the Existence of a Public Good Enhance Cooperation among Users of Common-Pool Resources?2011Land Economics 87(2), 335-345[PDF]
Nyborg, K.I Don't Want to Hear About it: Rational Ignorance among Duty-Oriented Consumers2011Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization vol 79, 263-274[DOI]
Eyckmans, J. og S. KverndokkMoral concerns on tradable pollution permits in international environmental agreements2010Ecological Economics 69(9): 1814-23[PDF] [DOI]
Kverndokk, S. og A. RoseEquity and justice in global warming policy2008International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics vol. 2, no 2, pp 135-176[PDF]

Memorandum

This series is published by the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, in cooperation with the Frisch Centre. The list below only contains those memoranda written in connection with projects at the Frisch Centre. A complete list of memoranda is found at http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-7118

Author(s):Title:Year:Reference:Link:
Brekke, K.A., J. Konow og K. NyborgCooperation Is Relative: Income and Framing Effects with Public Goods2012No. 16[PDF]
Nyborg, Karine og Tao ZhangIs corporate social responsibility associated with lower wages?2011No. 1[PDF]
Eyckmans, J. og S. KverndokkMoral concerns on tradable pollution permits in international environmental agreements2009No. 13[PDF]
Kverndokk, S. og A. RoseEquity and justice in global warming policy2008No. 21[PDF]
Nyborg, K.I Don't Want to Hear About it: Rational Ignorance among Duty-Oriented Consumers2008No. 15[PDF]

Other publications

Author(s):Title:Year:Reference:Link:
Nyborg, Karine et alThinking through the climate change challenge2011Open letter, VoxEU: Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists[PDF]
Kverndokk, SnorreOne Economist’s Thoughts about Moral Concerns over Cap-and-Trade2010Weekly Policy Commentary, Resources For the Future, Washington, DC, September 20, 2010[PDF]
Eyckmans, J. og S. KverndokkMoral concerns on tradable pollution permits in international environmental agreements2009CES - Discussion paper series 09.12, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.[PDF]