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Projection bias in environmental beliefs and behavioural intentions-An application to solar panels and eco-friendly transport

Projection bias in environmental beliefs and behavioural intentions-An application to solar panels and eco-friendly transport

Authors :
Lisette Ibanez
Gilles Grolleau
Sophie Clot
University of Reading (UOR)
Centre de Recherche sur l'ENtreprise [Dijon] (CEREN)
Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Dijon Bourgogne (ESC) (BSB)
Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - UMR 5211 (CEE-M)
Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)
Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
Source :
Energy Policy, Energy Policy, Elsevier, 2022, 160, ⟨10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112645⟩
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2022.

Abstract

The projection bias corresponds to the human tendency to project current preferences into the future as if present preferences will remain unchanged, omitting a range of external influences over the current preferences. We design a survey experiment to investigate the projection bias relevance on two environmentally friendly initiatives, namely solar panels and eco-friendly transport. We found that beliefs and behavioral intentions are subject to positive change when individuals are solicited a day when the weather is congruent with the proposed changes. We draw several policy and managerial implications for environmental issues.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03014215
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Energy Policy, Energy Policy, Elsevier, 2022, 160, ⟨10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112645⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7424d37cf9bb343a761905f5c90f3745
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112645⟩