We investigate how locus of control beliefs–the extent to which individuals attribute control
over events in their life to themselves as opposed to outside factors–affect prosocial …

The topic of how cooperation emerges and develops in the real world has been intensively
studied. Many mechanisms and models have been proposed to explain this complex …

We analyze environmental policy in a model where some consumers (dubbed green) derive
warm glow from buying a good of a higher environmental quality, and where green firms …

In 1978, California adopted building codes designed to reduce the energy used for
temperature control. Using a rich data set of hourly electricity consumption for 158,112 …

This study investigates the role of Pigouvian policy when producers and consumers may
have direct preferences or “behavioral motives” that cause them to take voluntary actions to …

This article provides an overview of the use of field experiments in energy and resource
economics. I concentrate on two areas of study; field experiments that (i) speak to the use of …

This study examines the association between social preferences and recycling behavior in a
developing country. A conceptual framework that modifies the impure altruism model with …

Pro-environmental preferences are being used increasingly in environmental policy. In this
paper, I consider the role of heterogeneous green preferences for private provision of …

I argue that much current thinking on externalities—at least among “lay political
economists”(but even, on occasion, among professional economists)—is saddled with two …

Impure public goods, which jointly produce private and public benefits, are widely available
and increasingly prevalent, especially in the realm of environmentally friendly and socially …