{"id":2742,"date":"2011-07-13T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcfbellemare.com\/wordpress\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2011-07-13T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T12:55:53","slug":"using-non-pecuniary-strategies-to-influence-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcfbellemare.com\/wordpress\/2742","title":{"rendered":"Can Resource Conservation Behavior Be Induced Without Monetary Incentives?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, but it depends in which way, and it may not last. From a new working paper<\/a> by Paul Ferraro and Mike Price:<\/p>\n

“Policymakers are increasingly using norm-based messages to influence individual decision-making. We partner with a metropolitan water utility to implement a natural field experiment examining the effect of such messages on residential water demand. The data, drawn from more than 100,000 households, indicate that social comparison messages had a greater influence on behavior than simple pro-social messages or technical information alone. Moreover, our data suggest social comparison messages are most effective among households identified as the least price sensitive: high-users. Yet the effectiveness of such messages wanes over time. Our results thus highlight important complementarities between pecuniary and non-pecuniary strategies.”<\/p>\n

I remember discussing these findings with one of the authors, but I cannot for the life of me remember whether it was with Paul when he visited Duke this year or with Mike at a wedding we both attended in March (or both, on both occasions!)<\/p>\n

I do remember, however, looking forward to seeing the working paper, which would make for a nice application to study in the Law, Economics, and Organization seminar I teach in the spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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