Browsing by Author "Löfgren, Åsa"
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A theoretical framework explaining the mechanisms of nudging
Löfgren, Åsa; Nordblom, Katarina (2019-03)In this paper we develop a theoretical model to clarify the underlying mechanisms that drive individual decision making and responses to behavioral interventions, such as nudges. The contribution of the paper is three-fold: ... -
Airline choice, switching costs and frequent flyer programs
Löfgren, Åsa; Carlsson, Fredrik (2004)Switching costs are costs that customers face when switching from one firm to another. In markets such as the airline market where repeated purchases are common, switching costs may be substantial. In this paper we ... -
Architecture of the EU Emissions Trading System in Phase 3 and the Distribution of Allowance Asset Values
Löfgren, Åsa; Burtraw, Dallas; Wråke, Markus; Malinovskaya, Anna (2015-10)Recent changes to the EU Emissions Trading System introduce structural changes regarding the initial distribution of emissions allowances, which are worth tens of billions of euros. A key change is the expanding role for ... -
Attitudes to Personal Carbon Allowances
Andersson, David; Löfgren, Åsa; Widerberg, Anna (2011-05)A personal carbon allowance (PCA) scheme targets emissions from individual consumption and allocates allowances directly to individuals by dividing the carbon budget on a per capita basis. In this study we analyse the ... -
Attitudes to Personal Carbon Allowances: The effect of trust in politicians, perceived fairness and ideology
Jagers, Sverker C.; Löfgren, Åsa; Stripple, Johannes (2009-05-04)The idea of Personal Carbon Allowances (PCAs) was presented by the British Environment Secretary David Miliband in 2006. Although no state is seriously developing proposals for them, they have been heavily debated within ... -
Climate Change in a Public Goods Game: Investment Decision in Mitigation versus Adaptation
Hasson, Reviva; Löfgren, Åsa; Visser, Martine (2009-12-08)We use behavioral and experimental economics to study a particular aspect of the economics of climate change: the potential tradeoff between countries’ investments in mitigation versus adaptation. While mitigation of ... -
Common ground for effort sharing? Preferred principles for distributing climate mitigation efforts
Hjerpe, Mattias; Löfgren, Åsa; Linnér, Björn-Ola; Hennlock, Magnus; Sterner, Thomas; Jagers, Sverker C. (2011-03)This paper fills a gap in the current academic and policy literature concerning how parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change find common ground when distributing commitments and responsibilities ... -
Conformity and the demand for environmental goods
Carlsson, Fredrik; García, Jorge H.; Löfgren, Åsa (2008-02-13)We test the hypothesis that people conform to certain social norms, i.e. that some individuals may be willing to pay a higher price premium for green products the more widespread green consumerism is in society. To ... -
Decoupling: Is there a Separate Contribution from Environmental Taxation
Muller, Adrian; Löfgren, Åsa; Sterner, Thomas (2011-01)Decoupling is a crucial topic in the analysis of sustainable development. Without decoupling, continuing and increasing economic growth in developed and developing countries would come with ever increasing environmental ... -
Discrimination in Scientific Review - A natural field experiment on blind versus non-blind review
Carlsson, Fredrik; Löfgren, Åsa; Sterner, Thomas (2009-12-09)This paper analyzes the impacts of gender, as well as other author characteristics, on reviewers’ grading of papers submitted to an international conference in economics in Sweden in 2008. Correcting for other variables, ... -
Do business and economics studies erode prosocial values?
Sundemo, Mattias; Löfgren, Åsa (University of Gothenburg, 2022-10) -
Does experience eliminate the effect of a default option? - A field experiment on CO2-offsetting for air transport
Löfgren, Åsa; Martinsson, Peter; Hennlock, Magnus; Sterner, Thomas (2009-10-23)Earlier research has shown that using a default option has a decisive effect on individuals’ choices. In many cases, however, the low proportion of subjects who switch from the pre-set default option might partly explained ... -
Emissions Trading Subject to Kantian Preferences
Hennlock, Magnus; Löfgren, Åsa; Sterner, Thomas; Martinsson, Peter (2018-01)We study a cap-and-trade market equilibrium where different regions belonging to an emissions trading regime have different ambitions about the stringency of the cap. Specifically, we introduce a segment of consumers with ... -
Environmental investment decisions: experimental evidence of team versus individual decision making
Felgendreher, Simon; Hennlock, Magnus; Löfgren, Åsa; Wollbrant, Conny (2018-01)We study experimentally how investment decisions are affected by equally stringent but different policy regime treatments and how differences depend on whether decisions are made individually or in groups. In our experiment, ... -
Environmental Taxation - Empirical and Theoretical Applications
Löfgren, Åsa (2003)This thesis consists of five self-contained articles, and hence each paper can be read independently. Still, all five papers have one important feature in common: environmental taxation. Paper 1: The Phase-Out of Leaded ... -
Habit Formation in the Environmental Quality: Dynamic Optimal Environmental Taxation
Löfgren, Åsa (2003)In this article we propose a model in which individuals experience habit formation in environmental quality. Further, a consumption good causes a negative external effect on the environment. The intertemporal utility ... -
Is Fairness Blind? - The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules
Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina; Löfgren, Åsa; Sterner, Thomas (2010-03-29)By using a choice experiment, this paper focuses on citizens’ preferences for effort-sharing rules of how carbon abatement should be shared among countries. We find that Swedes do not rank the rule favoring their own ... -
Leading by example? EU citizens’ preferences for climate leadership
Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina; Löfgren, Åsa; Sterner, Thomas (University of Gothenburg, 2022-10)For global problems like climate change, strong international agreements are difficult to achieve. Alternative solutions might therefore be necessary. In this paper, we study the support for climate leadership in seven ... -
Natural Resource Dependency and Quality of Government
Anthonsen, Mette; Löfgren, Åsa; Nilsson, Klas (2009-12-04)This paper introduces quality of government rather than regime type as dependent variable in studies of the political effects of natural resources. It consists of two parts. First, it theorizes the role of fiscal dependency ... -
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Krupnick, Alan; Lampi, Elina; Löfgren, Åsa; Qin, Ping; Chung, Susie; Sterner, Thomas (2010-05-17)Unique survey data from a contingent valuation study conducted in three different countries (China, Sweden, and the United States) were used to investigate the ordinary citizen’s willingness to pay (WTP) for reducing CO2 ...