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A theoretical framework explaining the mechanisms of nudging
(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: ...
Puzzling tax attitudes and labels
(2006)
We find that through labeling one can significantly affect attitudes towards a tax. The gasoline tax meets a stronger reluctance than virtually the same tax when it is called the CO2 tax on gasoline.
The Importance of Habit Formation for Environmental Taxation
(2006)
We analyze how habit formation affects optimal environmental taxation, when consumption of a habitual good causes a negative external
effect on the environment. In a simple two-period model, we show that optimal taxation ...
Sustainability preferences and financial decision-making among mutual fund investors
(University of Gothenburg, 2022-08)
In our representative sample of Swedish mutual fund investors, those who are
sustainability motivated perceive investment choices more difficult than other
investors. Of those who are sustainability motivated, 38 percent ...